July: Foray into Shanghai & Beijing after Achieving Notoriety with the Gang of Four

After attending Zhou Enlai’s funeral in Beijing, I visited the Great Wall with a Chinese official. Source: The Dui Hua Foundation

After publishing an article that criticized the ultra-radical economic policies of Zhang Chunqiao (a member of the “Gang of Four”) in Asian Business & Industry, I caught the Gang’s attention, and the magazine was banned from circulating in China. I took my first trip to Shanghai and Beijing and was in Beijing when Zhou Enlai passed away. Read more: Target of the Gang of Four.