Recollections of Chen Bixian (At the Center of the "January Storm")

Author: Chen Pizhao
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The book is composed of the recollections of an elderly revolutionary figure about that era during the turbulent years of war. Some long-forgotten events gradually become clear through his narrative, and precious old photographs once again prove his footprints in that time. The years of war, the turbulent times, the recollections of an elderly revolutionary figure about that era constitute this book. Some gradually forgotten events gradually become clear through his narrative, and some invaluable old photographs once again prove his footprints in that time.
Since 1965, the author served as the Party Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. This book, with his personal experiences as the main thread, recalls the activities of Jiang Qing and others in Shanghai before the launch of the Cultural Revolution, some aspects of the Cultural Revolution's outbreak, particularly the "January Coup" in Shanghai, the author's being "overthrown" and imprisoned for eight years, and his later "liberation" and resumption of work, as well as his transfer to Beijing in 1975. The book thoroughly exposes the crimes of Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" in their retrograde actions and inhumane deeds during the Cultural Revolution, while fully reflecting the resolute struggle of the majority of cadres and the masses against the "Gang of Four." It also portrays the unyielding integrity and noble character of a Communist Party member.