Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青 , Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋 , Yao Wenyuan 姚文元 , Wang Hongwen 王洪文 , who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
"Jiang Qing [Mao's wife, and one of the notorious 'gang of four'] criticised me . . . saying I was a fake party member; those sorts of accusations, " she recalls. "I joined at the age of 14.