Ye Qun
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Ye Qun was a Chinese military officer and politician, and the wife of Lin Biao, the Vice Chairman of Chinese Communist Party who controlled China's military power along with Chairman Mao Zedong. She w
From left: Ye Qun with Jiang Qing and Lin Biao
Ye Qun (second from right) with her son Lin Liguo (far right)
Project 571
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Project 571 was the code name given to an alleged plot to execute a coup d'état against Chairman Mao Zedong in 1971 by the supporters of Lin Biao, then Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. In
Ye Qun
…documents, in early 1971, it was Ye Qun who asked her son Lin Liguo to assassinate Mao Zedong during his trip to Shanghai, as part of the plan known as Project 571. The attempt failed, as Mao suddenly changed his plans and returned to Beijing on the evening of September 12. This led Ye Qun to believe that the plan…
A copy of the Draft of Project 571
Site of Project 571 in Suzhou