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Five-Man Group

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1965–1966Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1965

Mao Zedong1965

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Mao supports a cultural criticism campaign that develops into the Five-Man Group led by Peng Zhen

1966

Peng Zhen16 May 1966

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

The Five-Man Group is abolished when the May 16 Notification reverses Peng Zhen's approach

Names involved

Mao ZedongPeng Zhen

Provenance

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