1Lin Biao (1907–1971), Chinese Communist military leader, Marshal of the PRC, designated successor to Mao who died in a plane crash fleeing China after a reported failed coup
Línbiāo zài Liáoshěn Zhànyì zhōng fāhuī le zhòngyào zuòyòng.
Lin Biao played a key role in the Liaoshen Campaign.
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Lin commanded the Fourth Field Army that took northeast China in 1948–1949 and was written into the 1969 CCP constitution as Mao's successor. In September 1971 his plane crashed in Mongolia — the '九一三事件' (September 13 Incident) — after the alleged '571工程' coup plot against Mao.
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Under Lin, Mao's sayings were compiled into the '小红书' (Little Red Book), which became one of the most printed volumes of the 20th century. He was posthumously labeled a traitor and largely erased from official histories.
