What are understood to have been among the charges laid against the Gang of Four in 1981?

Question

AUsurpation of state power and party leadership, and the persecution of about 750,000 people

BPlanning to assassinate Mao Zedong

CMass burnings of Mao Zedong's Red Book

DExpressing criticism of Hua Guofeng, at the time General Secretary of the Central Committee

Select from the options above.

Correct Option: 1  

Explanation:
Usurpation of state power and party leadership, and the persecution of about 750,000 people
The people tried were: Mao Zedong's wife, Jiang Qing; Zhang Chunqiao, a prominent Chinese political theorist, writer and politician; Yao Wenyuan, a Chinese literary critic and politician; and Wang Hongwen, a labour activist and politician. All were convicted; two were sentenced to death but their sentences later commuted to life imprisonment.