Mao still powerful in modern China

By Jill McGivering
BBC Asia analyst

The death of the last remaining member of the "Gang of Four", Yao Wenyuan, ends one of the most troubled chapters in China's modern history.

But many in China, especially those are too young to remember it themselves, know very little about the persecution and bloodshed orchestrated by Mao Zedong's Gang of Four.

Mao is still hailed by the authorities in China as an inspiring symbol.

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