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| Arrest of Ching Ching, Chiang |  |
| 25th Jan Ching's death sentence is commutted to life imprisonment |
| 25th Jan Imprisoned for the "counter revolutionary crimes" of the Cultural Revolution |
| Chairman CCP Yaobang, Hu | |
| 29th June Hua Guofeng is replaced by Hu Yaobang (an ally of Deng Xiaoping) as as Party Chairman of Communist China |
| Economy Xiaoping, Deng | |
| Deng Xiaoping seizes power and launches pseudo-capitalistic economic reforms |
| Economy Yaobang, Hu | |
| The Communist Party formally condemns Mao for the economic disasters from 1957 till his death |
| Minister of Electric Power Peng Peng, Li | |
| Appointed Minister of Electric Power, 2nd term |
| Party Secretary Yaobang, Hu | |
| 29th June Appointed Party Secretary of the Communist Party |
| Trial of Chunqiao Chunqiao, Zhang | |
| 25th Jan Sentenced to death, suspended for 2 yrs, "Gang of Four" members recieve long sentences |
| Trial of Qing Qing, Jiang | |
| 25th Jan Mao's widow is sentenced to death, suspended for 2 yrs |
