The Lin Biao incident: more than twenty years later.

From: Pacific Affairs | Date: September 22, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

The Lin Biao Incident remains one of the most enigmatic episodes in the history of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese government's official version and a popular account proposed by Yao Ming-le have merely fueled speculation as to the truth of Lin Biao's fall from power and death. However, a new hypothesis suggested by Lin's daughter and other people who were involved in the incident is opening up a new perspective on the incident.

THE twentieth anniversary of the Lin Biao Incident, an important event that remains one of the foremost enigmas in the history of the People's Republic ...

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