The Gang of Four revisited.(Asia)(China's Cultural Revolution leaders)(Diary entry) From: Quadrant | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Hasluck, Nicholas | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE DEATH in Shanghai on April 17, 2005, of Zhang Chunqiao has left only one survivor of the infamous Gang of Four, the clique principally responsible for the excesses of China's Cultural Revolution. This prompted me to turn up a diary I kept on a visit to China soon after the trial of the Gang of Four.

I was one of three Australian writers visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese Writers Association. At the time of our visit Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping was in the ...