Editing Jiang Qing (section)

==== 1971–1973 ====
{{See also|Lin Biao incident|Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius|Snail Incident}}
[[File:Lauen Banda.jpg|thumb|The [[Gang of Four]]]]
Jiang first collaborated with then second-in-charge Lin Biao, but after Lin Biao's death in 1971, she turned against him publicly in the [[Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius|Criticise Lin, Criticise Confucius]] Campaign.<ref name="the">{{cite book |last=Hsin |first=Chi |title=The Case of the Gang of Four: With First Translation of Teng Hsiao-Ping's Three Poisonous Weeds |publisher=Cosmos Books, Ltd. |year=1977 |page=19 |asin=B000OLUOE2}}</ref> After the [[Lin Biao incident|September 13 Incident]] in 1971, Jiang Qing saw the collapse of the Lin Biao faction and, with Mao Zedong's declining health, she became eager to seize the highest power in the country. In 1972, Jiang Qing enlisted American journalist Roxane Witke to write her autobiography. After 1972, Mao's health deteriorated.  Though Mao was largely cut off from the outside world due to his illness, Zhu De sent Mao a letter informing him about Jiang Qing's biography. This revelation deeply angered Mao, who, in a fit of rage, even expressed his desire to expel Jiang Qing from the Politburo and sever their political ties.<ref name=":13" /> By 1973, although unreported due to it being a personal matter, Mao and his wife Jiang had separated.<ref name="the" />