17 Facts About Lin Liheng

Lin Liheng, commonly known by her nickname Lin Doudou, is the daughter of Chinese marshal Lin Biao and his second wife Ye Qun.

However, following her father's death and subsequent denouncement by the Chinese Communist Party in 1971, Lin Liheng was stripped of her positions and detained indefinitely.

Lin Liheng's health deteriorated during her detainment and interrogation, especially during the Gang of Four's "Criticize Lin Liheng, Criticize Confucius" campaign.

Lin Liheng was released in 1974 on the personal orders of then CCP chairman Mao Zedong.

Lin Liheng was rehabilitated in the mid-1980s by then CCP general secretary Zhao Ziyang, who allowed Lin Liheng to return to Beijing after receiving a letter of appeal from her.

Lin Liheng kept a low profile in Beijing as a contributor to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and retired in 2002.

Lin Liheng was born in Central Hospital in Yan'an, Shaanxi.

Lin Liheng was the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper of the People's Liberation Army Air Force during the Cultural Revolution.

Lin Liheng opposed Project 571, an alleged plan by her brother Lin Liheng Liguo to depose then CCP chairman and Chinese paramount leader Mao Zedong.

The Lin Liheng family were to either assassinate Mao, fly to Guangzhou where they could establish an alternate central committee in opposition to the central authorities in Beijing, or flee to the Soviet Union.

Lin Liheng rejected all of her brother's proposals and suggested that their father resign from all his positions like Zhu De to avoid trouble.

Lin Liheng tried unsuccessfully to convince them that her brother and mother were planning to pressure her father into leaving China for an unknown destination, against his wishes.

Lin Liheng attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills but was rushed to an air force hospital and survived.

Lin Liheng was released on 31 July 1974 on Mao's personal orders.

Lin Liheng made a failed request to return to Beijing and was sent to work in an automobile factory in Zhengzhou, Henan, as a section-level cadre-deputy director of the factory's revolution committee.

Lin Liheng was a co-founder of the Chinese Modern Culture Association in 1989.

In 2009, the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression welcomed more than 80 children of the founding generals to celebrate the founding of People's Republic of China; Lin Liheng was among the invited.