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How did Lin Biao die?

  • In a car accident

  • In a battle

  • In a plane crash

  • From a disease

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Lin Biao, the former defense minister of China, perished in a tragic plane crash on September 13, 1971, in Undurkhaan, Mongolia, while attempting to flee to the Soviet Union. He had fallen out of favor with Chairman Mao Zedong, and the circumstances surrounding his demise remain the subject of speculation. Theories range from a deliberate act of sabotage to an accidental mishap.
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