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What is the official Chinese government's explanation for the "Lin Biao incident"?
It was an accident
He attempted a coup against Mao
He was executed
He committed suicide
Answer
Lin Biao, Mao Zedong's designated successor and Minister of Defense, was implicated in a plot to assassinate Mao in September 1971. Following the failed coup attempt, Lin Biao and his family fled China, and he was killed in a plane crash in Mongolia. The Chinese government asserts that Lin Biao acted out of personal ambition and disloyalty to Mao, portraying the incident as a betrayal by a high-ranking official.
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