Talk:Shanghai clique

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This article is out of date. It should be updated or removed. 58.50.142.15 (talk) 21:33, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shanghai Pai 上海派 is more often used rather than bang 帮- indeed Shanghai Bang 上海帮is sometimes used to refer to the Gang of Four (siren bang 四人帮) due to their Shanghai power base in the Cultural Revolution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.205.8.2 (talk) 15:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should we add Zhu Rongji? How about Ni Zhifu, Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan? DOR (HK) (talk) 08:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

in Western literature "Shanghai Gang" seems to be more often used than "Shanghai Clique" (see, for example, McGregor, The Party). --13Peewit (talk) 09:32, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

November 2012 Congress

Following on re-appointment of the new Politbureau Standing Committee (and its shortening from 9 members to 7 members), this article is now seriously in need of amendment, but certainly not of removal, as the Shanghai clique are more in evidence than ever before, and it is Hu's protagés who have failed to be appointed to the new Committee. Indeed, it would appear that Jiang has retained supreme power is spite of his 'retirement' a decade ago, and has survived to mastermind the return to power of the clique. Rif Winfield (talk)

In the wider Politburo,at least two new members (Han and Meng) are core Shanghai Clique/Gang members who have gotten promotions since the Congress (Meng from Public Security Minister to Secretary of the CPC Politics and Law Commission,Han to Shanghai Party Secretary).They need to be added to the list of key members.--L.E./12.144.5.2 (talk) 18:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]