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title: Zhang Chunqiao
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[Quotes](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/) · China

# Zhang Chunqiao

Member of the Cultural Revolution Group; Chairman of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee; Politburo Standing Committee member and Vice-Premier; one of the four tried in 1980 as the "Gang of Four", the post-1976 leadership's name for the group · China

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4 quotes, oldest first. [Filter with other speakers](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/#speaker=zhang-chunqiao).

1. > “Historical experience shows us that whether the proletariat can triumph over the bourgeoisie and whether China will turn revisionist hinges on whether we can persevere in exercising all-round dictatorship over the bourgeoisie in all spheres and at all stages of development in the revolution.” — English: Peking Review (English edition), no. 14, 4 April 1975, pp. 5-11. Original-language text not found. — April 4, 1975 · Article — Article written at Mao's call for study of the dictatorship of the proletariat, published while Zhang was Vice-Premier. It was later issued as a pamphlet. — "On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie", Peking Review no. 14 (4 April 1975), pp. 5-11 [Source](https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-14a.htm)
2. > “It is imperative to exercise all-round dictatorship over the bourgeoisie, and it is absolutely impermissible to give it up halfway.” — English: Peking Review (English edition), no. 14, 4 April 1975, pp. 5-11. Original-language text not found. — April 4, 1975 · Article — Closes the article's argument that the dictatorship of the proletariat must cover every sphere and every stage of the revolution, addressed to Party members. — "On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie", Peking Review no. 14 (4 April 1975), pp. 5-11 [Source](https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-14a.htm)
3. > “It’s dangerous to stop half-way! The bourgeoisie is beckoning to you.” — English: Peking Review (English edition), no. 14, 4 April 1975, pp. 5-11. Original-language text not found. — April 4, 1975 · Article — Said of Party members who, in the article's words, joined the Party organizationally but not ideologically and want to settle down once they have secured gains. — "On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie", Peking Review no. 14 (4 April 1975), pp. 5-11 [Source](https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-14a.htm)
4. > “Some have reached the point of looking at everything as a commodity, including themselves.” — English: Peking Review (English edition), no. 14, 4 April 1975, pp. 5-11. Original-language text not found. — April 4, 1975 · Article — From the passage on a "bourgeois wind" said to blow among Communists, particularly leading cadres. The article argues that commodity production and unequal wages continue under socialism and must be restricted. — "On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie", Peking Review no. 14 (4 April 1975), pp. 5-11 [Source](https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1975/PR1975-14a.htm)