The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 - ThoughtCo

Background to The Tragedy — Politics and The Gang of Four in 1976The Ground Shifts Beneath ThemBeijing's Internal ResponseBeijing's International ResponsePhysical Fallout of The QuakePolitical Fallout of The QuakeConclusionChina was in a state of political ferment in 1976. The Party Chairman, Mao Zedong, was 82 years old. He spent much of that year in the hospital, suffering several heart attacks and other complications of old age and heavy smoking. Meanwhile, the Chinese public and the western-educated Premier, Zhou Enlai, had grown weary 在thoughtco上Kallie SzczepanskiThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannicaالداعية يحيى عبدالرحمن جمعة