Lin Biao incident

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The Lin Biao incident was a 1971 political and military crisis in China in which Mao Zedong’s designated successor Lin Biao allegedly plotted a coup and died in a mysterious plane crash while fleeing, triggering a major purge and reshaping the course of the Cultural Revolution.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lin Biao incident canonical 2
Lin Biao affair 1
Lin Biao plotted a coup 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political incident ⓘ
aircraftTypeInvolved Hawker Siddeley Trident ⓘ
allegedEvent assassination plot against Mao Zedong ⓘ
coup attempt against Mao Zedong ⓘ
cause power struggle within Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
characterizedBy censorship ⓘ
propaganda campaigns ⓘ
secrecy ⓘ
contributedTo erosion of public trust in the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
later reassessment of Mao Zedong's leadership ⓘ
country China ⓘ
flightRouteAttempted China to Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy criticism campaign against Lin Biao ⓘ
ideological campaign to denounce "Lin Biao and Confucius" ⓘ
hasEffect downfall of Lin Biao ⓘ
increased role of Zhou Enlai in government affairs ⓘ
major political purge in China ⓘ
purge of Lin Biao's supporters ⓘ
reshaping of the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
strengthening of Mao Zedong's personal authority ⓘ
hasParticipant Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Lin Biao ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
historicalDebate authenticity of official Chinese accounts ⓘ
circumstances of the plane crash ⓘ
extent of Lin Biao's actual involvement in coup plotting ⓘ
keyEvent crash of a Trident aircraft in Mongolia ⓘ
languageOfOfficialReports Chinese ⓘ
location Mongolia ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
notableVictimGroup senior People's Liberation Army officers associated with Lin Biao ⓘ
officialNarrativeBy Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
officialNarrativeClaims Lin Biao attempted to flee to the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Lin Biao

Lin Biao plotted a coup ⓘ
linked to: Lin Biao incident
politicalContext Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Sino-Soviet split ⓘ
linked to: Sino–Soviet split
precededBy adoption of the 1969 CCP Constitution naming Lin Biao as successor ⓘ
elevation of Lin Biao as Mao's designated successor ⓘ
resultedInDeathOf Lin Biao ⓘ
Lin Liguo ⓘ
Ye Qun ⓘ
significantEventDate 1971-09-13 ⓘ
startTime 1971 ⓘ
timePeriod late Cultural Revolution ⓘ
usedFor consolidation of Maoist ideological control ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lin Liguo → associatedEvent → Lin Biao incident ⓘ
Lin Biao incident → officialNarrativeClaims → Lin Biao plotted a coup ⓘ
linked to: Lin Biao incident
Maoist era in China → keyEvent → Lin Biao incident ⓘ