Wang Dongxing

Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing
汪东兴
	Wang Dongxing in 1955, as chief of Mao's personal security force
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; August 1977 –February 1980

Last updated March 27, 2025 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wang Dongxing obituary: Politician who was bodyguard to China’s former leader, Mao Zedong The Guardian, 27 August 2015
↑ "汪东兴同志逝世". Xinhua News Agency . Retrieved 21 August 2015.

Sources

Mao's Last Revolution, by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, Harvard University Press 2006.

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[guardian-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wang Dongxing obituary: Politician who was bodyguard to China’s former leader, Mao Zedong The Guardian, 27 August 2015

[2] "汪东兴同志逝世". Xinhua News Agency . Retrieved 21 August 2015.

v t e 11th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1977–1982)
Standing Committee (PSC)	Hua Guofeng (Chairman until June 1981; Vice-Chairman afterwards) Ye Jianying (Vice-Chairman) Deng Xiaoping (Vice-Chairman) Li Xiannian (Vice-Chairman) Wang Dongxing (Vice-Chairman; dismissed Feb 1980) Chen Yun (added Dec 1978; Vice-Chairman) Hu Yaobang (added Feb 1980; Chairman June 1981) Zhao Ziyang (added Feb 1980; Vice-Chairman June 1981)
Other members in surname stroke order	Wei Guoqing Ulanhu Fang Yi Liu Bocheng Xu Shiyou Ji Dengkui (dismissed Feb 1980) Su Zhenhua (died Feb 1979) Li Desheng Wu De (dismissed Feb 1980) Yu Qiuli Zhang Tingfa Chen Yonggui Chen Xilian (dismissed Feb 1980) Geng Biao Nie Rongzhen Ni Zhifu Xu Xiangqian Peng Chong Deng Yingchao (added Dec 1978) Hu Yaobang (added Dec 1978, to PSC Feb 1980) Wang Zhen (added Dec 1978) Zhao Ziyang (added Sep 1979, to PSC Feb 1980) Peng Zhen (added Sep 1979)
Alternate members	Chen Muhua Zhao Ziyang (full member Sep 1979) Saifuddin Azizi
7th→8th→9th→10th→11th→12th→13th→14th→15th→16th→17th→18th→19th→20th

v t e 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1969–1973)
Standing Committee	Mao Zedong (Chairman) Lin Biao (Vice-Chairman, died Sep 1971) Zhou Enlai Chen Boda (dismissed Aug 1973) Kang Sheng
Other members in surname stroke order	Ye Qun (died Sep 1971) Ye Jianying Liu Bocheng Jiang Qing Zhu De Xu Shiyou Chen Xilian Li Xiannian Li Zuopeng (arrested Sep 1971) Wu Faxian (arrested Sep 1971) Zhang Chunqiao Qiu Huizuo (arrested Sep 1971) Yao Wenyuan Huang Yongsheng (arrested Sep 1971) Dong Biwu Xie Fuzhi (died Mar 1972)
Alternate members	Ji Dengkui Li Xuefeng (dismissed Aug 1973) Li Desheng Wang Dongxing
7th→8th→9th→10th→11th→12th→13th→14th→15th→16th→17th→18th→19th→20th

v t e Cultural Revolution
Prelude	Anti-Rightist Campaign Great Chinese Famine Great Leap Forward Lushan Conference Seven Thousand Cadres Conference Socialist Education Movement Fengqiao experience Taoyuan Experience
Major events	Down to the Countryside Movement Cleansing the Class Ranks 12-3 incident January Storm February Countercurrent Great Exchange of Revolutionary Experience Wuhan incident Smashing gong-jian-fa 9th Party Congress One Strike-Three Anti Campaign Project 571 Lin Biao incident 10th Party Congress Black Painting incident Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius Snail Incident Hangzhou incident 1975 Banqiao Dam failure Counterattack the Right-Deviationist Reversal-of-Verdicts Trend 1976 Nanjing incident 1976 Tiananmen Incident Smashing the Gang of Four
Massacres	Red August Daxing Massacre Guangxi Massacre Inner Mongolia incident Guangdong Massacre Hunan Massacres Daoxian massacre Shaoyang County Massacre Yunnan Massacres Zhao Jianmin spy case Shadian incident Ruijin Massacre Qinghai 223 Incident
Key figures	Mao Zedong Liu Shaoqi Zhou Enlai Lin Biao Deng Xiaoping Gang of Four (Jiang Qing Zhang Chunqiao Yao Wenyuan Wang Hongwen) Peng Dehuai Wu Han Peng Zhen Tao Zhu Chen Boda Wang Dongxing Xie Fuzhi Ji Dengkui Wang Li Qi Benyu Wu Faxian Qiu Huizuo Yang Chengwu Chen Zaidao Kang Sheng Mao Yuanxin Hua Guofeng Ye Jianying
Documents	1970 Draft Constitution A List of Cadres to Be Protected Bombard the Headquarters Quotations from Chairman Mao Hai Rui Dismissed from Office May 16 Notification Six Articles of Public Security Sweep Away All Cow Demons and Snake Spirits On Class Origins "With you in charge, I'm at ease"
Concepts	Four Olds Newborn socialist things Struggle session Feudal fascism Big-character poster Cow demons and snake spirits Bloodline theory Continuous Revolution Theory Seizure of power Violent Struggle One Divides into Two Democracy Wall Eight model plays Loyalty dance Capitalist roader Yiku sitian Learn from Daqing in industry Learn from Dazhai in agriculture Stinking Old Ninth Five Black Categories Five Red Categories
Groups	Red Guards Conservative Faction Little Red Guards Rebel Faction Scarlet Guards Ultra-Left Faction Xiaoyao Faction May Sixteenth elements Five Man Group Cultural Revolution Group Central Case Examination Group Central Organization and Propaganda Leading Group Hunan Provincial Proletarian Revolutionary Great Alliance Committee Revolutionary committee in Heilongjiang in Shanghai 8341 Special Regiment Sent-down youth 61 Renegades Barefoot doctor Worker-Peasant-Soldier student May Seventh Cadre School Xiang River Storm and Thunder
Related topics	Maoism Mao Zedong's cult of personality Mango cult List of campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party Class struggle Sino-Soviet split Two Whatevers Morning Sun (film) 3rd Plenum of the 11th Central Committee Boluan Fanzheng New Enlightenment Scar literature
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