Peng Zhen16 May 1966
Peng Zhen is purged after Mao rejects the February Outline and the Five-Man Group
China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Peng Zhen is purged after Mao rejects the February Outline and the Five-Man Group
Purged because of his opposition to the "great leap forward"
Deng Xiaoping is removed from power and attacked as China's number two capitalist roader
Expelled from the CCP
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