Gang of Four

Related to Gang of Four: Cultural Revolution, Jiang Qing, Zhou Enlai

Gang of Four

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Gang of Four a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)

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Gang of Four

A group of radical Chinese Communist leaders, including the widow of Mao Zedong, advocating revolutionary rather than economically pragmatic policies in power 1974–76. They were tried and condemned in 1980.

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This ridiculously unsuitable name struck one as an impertinence towards the memory of the most charming of goddesses; for, apart from the fact that the old craft was physically incapable of engaging in any sort of chase, there was a gang of four children belonging to her.

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Gbenga reported that while walking along Makueni Road within Kileleshwa at around 9pm, he was accosted by a gang of four men on board a white Toyota Axio registration number KCE 567B.

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According to police, two unknown a gang of four robbers - were looting people at gunpoint on SITE Super Highway when a police team reached the scene.

Two suspected robbers killed in police encounter

KARACHI -- Karachi police on Friday busted a gang of four car lifters involved in theft of more than 29 vehicles from different areas of the metropolis.

Police bust car lifter gang

Summary: New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang of four robbers allegedly notorious for looting ATMs.

Delhi Police bust gang of ATM robbers

KARACHI: Five people were injured over resistance during a robbery bid in Korangi area of the city on late Sunday night.According to police sources, a gang of four robbers, riding on two motorcycles, entered a milk shop near Ghous Pak road in Korangi and tried to loot cash and other valuables.

Five injured in robbery incident in Korangi

That echoes Labour Gang of Four Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams announcing in 1981 they would "break the mould of British politics" with the SDP.

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IT was in the early 1980s that a left-wing leader of the Labour party, Michael Foot, stated that his government when elected would nationalise sections of private industries, which set in motion the birth of the "Gang of Four" - who then formed the Social Democratic Party.

Will history be repeating itself?

The horrifying attack took place ata house on Firdale Roadat around 2am today, when a gang of four men broke in as part of an early hours burglary.

Masked gang burst into house and shot man in the face with air weapon when he tried to confront them; The victim was left 'shaken up' after the horrifying attack

A gang of four left a family terrified after forcing entry and demanding cash and jewellery at a home inSwansea.

Gang of four men terrify family after forcing entry to their home then demanding cash and jewellery; The gang knocked at a side door before pushing their way in and ransacking the house in Swansea

The gang of four men were nabbed by a routine patrol that saw them travelling at speed in a high-powered Audi near Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.

Men arrested 'en route to home raids'

FIA, during a search operation in Karachi arrested a gang of four people involved in looting 10,000 people after establishing fraudulent website in the name of foreign company.