China’s Fallen Mighty [Graphic]

by David M. Barreda, Youyou Zhou, Ouyang Bin, Zhang Mengqi
December 5, 2014

Over the past thirty-eight years, twelve of China’s top leaders have been purged. This infographic and the bios of these leaders explain how and why these mighty men fell. Download the high-resolution graphic.

David M. Barreda

David Barreda is an editor of photos and visuals at First Look Media. He was the founding Visuals Editor at ChinaFile, a post he held through December 2016. He has more than 15 years of media...

Youyou Zhou is a visual journalist with an interest in data, design, and reporting. She works in digital design and interactive graphics at Graphicacy in Washington, D.C. Zhou recently received dual...

Ouyang Bin is an Arthur Ross Fellow at the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society in New York and Associate Editor of ChinaFile, where his major interests concentrate on China’s political...

Zhang Mengqi is currently a graduate student in the International Relations program at New York University, focusing on refugee studies and comparative politics. Before coming to the U.S., she...

Topics:

History, Law, Politics

Keywords:

Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, Bo Xilai, Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Yongkang, Justice, Tiananmen Protests, Corruption