5 January 1967January StormZhang Chunqiao
Zhang Chunqiao supports the seizure of power from Shanghai party authorities
Historical records for China in 1967, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Zhang Chunqiao supports the seizure of power from Shanghai party authorities
Wang Hongwen helps organise radical workers during the January Storm in Shanghai
Yao Wenyuan supports radical propaganda during the Shanghai January Storm
Abolishes the National Defense Council and establishes the National Security Council during the Period of Communist Rebellion.
Wang Hongwen helps proclaim the Shanghai Commune before it is replaced by a revolutionary committee
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
Mao favours replacing the Shanghai Commune with a revolutionary committee model
Xie Fuzhi supports radical attacks on existing public security and party structures
China explodes its first hydrogen bomb
Li Lisan dies after persecution during the Cultural Revolution
Taipei is elevated to the status of a special municipality under the central government.
Wang Li is seized during the Wuhan Incident, exposing the dangers of radical mobilisation
Mao increasingly relies on the People's Liberation Army to restrain factional violence
Liu Shaoqi is placed under severe confinement as attacks on him escalate
Deng Xiaoping is removed from power and attacked as China's number two capitalist roader
Intervenes as radical attacks disrupt the Foreign Ministry and China's diplomatic operations.
Lin Biao's army gains authority as factional struggles paralyse civilian administration
Liu Shaoqi's works are denounced and burned as he is attacked as China's Khrushchev
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army
Appointed Commander of the Navy, a Lin Biao supporter
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