A book by Sun about the affair – On the Other Side of the Desert – The incident of the crash of Lin Biao’s aircraft – was published in 2001. The cover-up could not last for ever.

A plane carrying Lin Biao, the vice premier of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman Mao Zedong’s appointed successor, died in a fiery plane crash near the city, which killed all on board.

Marshal Lin Biao, who was handpicked by Chairman Mao Zedong to succeed him as China's leader but who died a traitor, has been resurrected as an army hero in a new exhibition in Beijing's Military ...

Consider the case of Lin Biao, a hero of the Chinese Civil War, and later Mao Zedong's comrade in arms during the Cultural Revolution, who died in 1971. Lin, who is well remembered for his ...

Let General Lin Biao be under no illusion: It was a direct order. In seven days, Lin must move his Northeast Field Army down to the Shanhai Pass, nearly 300 kilometers east of Beijing, according ...

The daughter of Lin Biao, a founding father of the People's Republic later condemned as a counter-revolutionary, called for "more respect for historical facts" as she joined about 100 "second ...

That is, at least when it comes to late Chinese army marshal, Lin Biao. According to state news agency Xinhua, a major new exhibition to mark the People’s Liberation Army’s 80th birthday has ...

His next choice, Defense Minister Lin Biao, perished in a mysterious plane crash as he tried to flee the country in 1971, possibly after attempting a coup. When Mao died five years later ...