China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...from 15 million to as many as 55 million deaths. A severe blow to the economy and political...Cultural Revolution (1966 76); the death (1971) in an airplane crash of defense...mediated between the two factions. With the death of Zhou in Jan., 1976, the Gang of...consolidated their power. After Maos death in Sept., 1976, however, a coalition...