User:Colipon/February Countercurrent

The February Countercurrent refers to the joint efforts by a group of Communist veterans to oppose Maoist policies during the Cultural Revolution. The events refer mainly to meetings of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and the top military brass which took place in January and February, 1967, which pitted Communist revolutionary generals Tan Zhenlin, Chen Yi, Xu Xiangqian and others against Maoist radicals led by Lin Biao, Kang Sheng, Jiang Qing, and Zhang Chunqiao.