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Jul 29, 1904 Hui'an County, Fujian, China Died on 20 Sep 1989 (aged 85)
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About Chen Boda
- Chen Boda (Chinese: ???; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Po-ta; 1904–1989), was a Chinese Communist journalist, professor and political theorist who rose to power as the chief interpreter of Maoism (or "Mao Zedong Thought") in the first 20 years of the People's Republic of China.
- Chen became a close associate of Mao Zedong in Yan'an, during the late 1930s, drafting speeches and theoretical essays and directing propaganda.After 1949, Chen played a leading role in overseeing mass media and ideology; at the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Mao named him Chairman of the Cultural Revolution Group, entrusting him with the task of guiding the new mass movement.
- However, his ultra-radical line and close ties with Lin Biao eventually led to his downfall in 1970.
