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Lin LiguoLin Liguo (Chinese: 林立果; 23 December 1945 – 13 September 1971) was the son of Chinese marshal Lin Biao. He was the alleged leader of Project 571, a coup plot against Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong. BiographyLin was born on 23 December 1945. He graduated from the elite Beijing No. 4 High School and later entered the Faculty of Physics at Peking University. He later became member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Lin Biao incidentThe Lin Biao incident (Chinese: 九一三事件; lit. 'September 13 Incident') was an aircraft crash at 2:30 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the sole Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on board a PLAAFHawker Siddeley Trident, including Lin and several members of his family, died when the plane crashed in Mongolia. As Vice Chairman, Lin Biao had been the official heir to Chairman Mao Zedong since 1966.

Chinese Communist PartyThe Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and sole governing party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP won the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang and proclaimed the establishment of the PRC under the chairmanship of Mao Zedong in October 1949. The CCP has since governed China and has had absolute control over the country's armed forces and law enforcement.

Mao ZedongLeader of China from 1949 to 1976Courtesy nameSimplified Chinese润之Traditional Chinese潤之Central institution membership 1964–1976: Member, National People's Congress 1954–1959: Member, National People's Congress 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Politburo 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Central Committee Other offices held 1954–1959: Chairman of the People's Republic of China 1954–1976: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission 1954–1959: President and Chairman, National Defence Council 1954–1976: Honorary Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, Central People's Revolutionary Military Commission 1949–1954: Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, PRC Central People's Government 1943–1956: Chairman, CCP Central Secretariat 1936–1949: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission Paramount Leader ofthe People's Republic of China(Inaugural holder)Hua Guofeng→PersonalEarly lifeFormer ResidenceDeath and state funeralMemorial HallIdeologyMaoismThird WorldismMarxism–Leninism–MaoismGonzalo ThoughtPrachanda PathLeader of China1945 election as CCP leaderTenureRevolutionLand Reform MovementProclamationKorean WarCampaign to Suppress CounterrevolutionariesThree-anti and Five-anti CampaignsFirst five-year planFive Principles of Peaceful CoexistenceBandung ConferenceSufan movementHundred Flowers CampaignAnti-Rightist CampaignCanton FairGreat Leap ForwardGreat Chinese FamineTwo Bombs, One SatelliteSeven Thousand Cadres ConferenceSocialist Education MovementThird FrontCultural RevolutionAbolition of the presidencyUN representationRichard Nixon visitWorksBombard the HeadquartersA Critique of Soviet EconomicsOn ContradictionOn Guerrilla WarfareOn New DemocracyOn PracticeOn Protracted WarOn the Correct Handling ofContradictions Among the PeopleOn the People's Democratic DictatorshipOn the Ten Major RelationshipsOppose Book WorshipQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tungReply to Li ShuyiHunan ReportSelected Works of Mao Tse-TungThe Shian Kian Weekly ReviewPoetryChangshaThe Double NinthLoushan PassLegacyCult of personalityChairman Mao en route to AnyuanPortraits overlooking Tiananmen1989 vandalism incidentStatues YoungFuzhouChengduLong Live the VictoryNorth Park Commune inspectiontMao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist, and dictator who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and served as its paramount leader from 1949 until his death in 1976 primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Chairman of the Chinese Communist PartyCommonly abbreviated asChineseThe chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, being replaced by the general secretary. Offices with the name Chairman of the Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Central Committee existed in 1922–1923 and 1928–1931, respectively.

People's Liberation Army Air ForceThe People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), also known as Chinese Air Force or PLA Air Force is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, including tactical aircraft, large airlifters, and strategic bombers. It includes ground-based air defense assets, including national early-warning radars, and controls the Airborne Corps.

Lin BiaoChinese marshal and politician (1907–1971)Lin Biao (Chinese: 林彪; 5 December 1907 – 13 September 1971) was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of the Manchurian Field Army, led the People's Liberation Army into Beijing, and swept the Kuomintang from the coastal provinces of Southeast China.

Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries.

Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist PartyCommonly abbreviated asChineseThe vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the second-highest rank within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the chairman from 1956 to 1982. The position was phased out after 1982 in order to remove the "Chairman" position from any government posting, resigning it solely to the late Mao Zedong. All vice chairmen were members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese languageChinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, written: 中文; Zhōngwén) is a collection of language varieties containing almost all Sinitic languages except Macro-Bai languages, natively spoken by the Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities in Greater China, as well as by communities of the overseas Chinese.

Chinese numeralsCharacters used to denote numbers in Chinese Chinese and Arabic numerals may coexist, as on this kilometer marker: 1,620 km (1,010 mi) on highway G209 (G二〇九), where "209" appears in positional notation as "二〇九", rather than the more common "二百九" Part of a series onNumeral systems Place-value notation Hindu–Arabic numerals Western Arabic Eastern Arabic Bengali Devanagari Gujarati Gurmukhi Odia Sinhala Tamil Malayalam Telugu Kannada Dzongkha Tibetan Balinese Burmese Javanese Khmer Lao Mongolian Sundanese Thai Other systems History Ancient Babylonian Post-classical Cistercian Mayan Muisca Pentadic Quipu Rumi Contemporary Cherokee Kaktovik (Iñupiaq) By radix/base Common radices/bases 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 16 20 60 Non-standard radices/bases Bijective (1) Signed-digit (balanced ternary) Mixed (factorial) Negative Complex (2i) Non-integer (φ) Asymmetric Sign-value notation Non-alphabetic Contemporary East Asian Chinese Hokkien Suzhou Japanese Korean Vietnamese Historic East Asian Counting rods Tangut Other non-alphabetic Aegean Attic Aztec Brahmi Chuvash Egyptian Etruscan Kharosthi Prehistoric counting Proto-cuneiform Roman Tally marks Alphabetic Abjad Armenian Alphasyllabic Akṣarapallī Āryabhaṭa Kaṭapayādi Coptic Cyrillic Geʽez Georgian Glagolitic Greek Hebrew List of numeral systemsvte Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese.

Coup d'étatDeposition of a governmentGeneral Napoleon Bonaparte during the Coup of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud, detail of painting by François Bouchot, 1840A coup d'état ( ; French:; lit. 'stroke of state'), or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent person or leadership.

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