Editing Jiang Qing (section)

=== Internment and illness ===
Following her arrest, Jiang Qing was held at [[Qincheng Prison]], where she occupied herself with activities such as reading newspapers, listening to radio broadcasts, watching television, knitting, studying books, and writing. Her daughter, Li Na, visited her [[fortnight]]ly.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-02-21 |title=江青自殺前最後20字留言 透露一生最愛 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20160221002691-260409?chdtv |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=China Times |language=zh-Hant}}</ref> She was treated well, unlike how she treated her enemies during the Cultural Revolution.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=348}} The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983.<ref name="zheng_2010" /> The [[Supreme People's Court]] determined that both Jiang and her chief associate, Zhang, had demonstrated "sufficient repentance" during their two-year [[Reprieve (death sentence)|reprieve]], leading to their death sentences being commuted. However, senior Chinese officials stated that Jiang has not shown genuine remorse and remains as defiant as the day she was removed from a crowded courtroom, shouting, "Long Live the Revolution."<ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-01-25 |title=Mao&#039;s widow spared |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/01/25/Maos-widow-spared/6435412318800/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

In 1984, Jiang was granted medical parole and relocated to a discreet residence arranged by the authorities. In December 1988, on the occasion of Mao Zedong's 95th birth anniversary, Jiang requested approval to hold a family gathering, but her petition was denied. Distressed, she attempted suicide by ingesting 50 [[sleeping pills]] she had secretly saved. The attempt failed. She was later sent back to Qincheng Prison in 1989 when her [[medical parole]] concluded.<ref name=":20" /> Jiang Qing believed that [[Deng Xiaoping]] should be held responsible for the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|student movement]] (better known as the Tiananmen Square protests), as he tolerated Western ideologies. She also condemned the subsequent massacre that followed the protests, emphasising that Mao Zedong had never ordered the army to massacre crowds.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=351}} While in custody, Jiang was diagnosed with [[throat cancer]], and doctors advised surgery. She refused, asserting that losing her voice was unacceptable.<ref name=":20" />