Editing Jiang Qing (section)

=== Qingdao ===
Following her divorce, Jiang reached out to [[Zhao Taimou]], the former director of the Arts Academy and dean of [[Shandong University|Qingdao University]].{{notetag|Some sources claim that Jiang Qing went to [[Shandong University]] while Zhao Taimou was its president, but this is not entirely true. Jiang Qing arrived at the Qingdao University in 1931, when Yang Zhensheng was the president. In early 1932, Yang resigned. The university was renamed Shandong University and Zhao was appointed president.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|pp=38-39}}}} With the assistance of Zhao's wife, [[Yu Shan (actress)|Yu Shan]], Jiang secured a position as a clerk in the university library.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=32|pp=}} Yu Shan later introduced Jiang to her brother, [[Yu Qiwei]],{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=33|pp=}} an upper-class youth who had embraced the Communist cause and was connected to underground Communist organisations as well as literary and performing arts circles.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=34|pp=}}

The [[Mukden incident|Mukden Incident]] in September ignited her [[patriotism]], leading her to develop a dislike for the [[Kuomintang]] and its supporters.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=41}} By the end of 1932, Jiang and Yu Qiwei fell in love and began living together, enabling Jiang to gain entry into the Communist Cultural Front.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=34|pp=}} She became a member of the Seaside Drama Society, performing in plays such as ''[[Lay Down Your Whip]]'', harnessing the influence of theatre to resist Japanese aggression. In February 1933, she officially joined the CCP.{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=35|pp=}}

The Communist activities at Qingdao University attracted significant attention from the Kuomintang's secret police, who arrested Yu Qiwei in July, forcing Jiang to leave Qingdao.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=42}}