Mao Widow Out of Jail, in Hospital
Mao Tse-tung’s widow, Jiang Qing, has been freed from jail and is being treated for throat cancer at a Beijing hospital, an official magazine said today.
Chinese Youth, a monthly publication of the Communist Youth League, made the disclosure in its latest edition in reply to a letter from an unidentified reader. Jiang, a former Shanghai actress, was arrested with three radical allies, known as the Gang of Four, soon after the death of Mao in September, 1976. Chinese officials have in the past denied persistent reports that Jiang, 74, had been freed because of poor health.
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