{"id":8355,"date":"2021-12-31T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=195926"},"modified":"2021-12-31T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:27:09","slug":"historys-greatest-mysteries-why-did-maos-chosen-successor-flee-china","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historys-greatest-mysteries-why-did-maos-chosen-successor-flee-china\/","title":{"rendered":"History\u2019s greatest mysteries: why did Mao\u2019s chosen successor flee China?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Elinor Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 31 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fifty years ago, in September 1971, Lin Biao boarded a flight out of the country, only to crash in the Mongolian desert shortly afterwards. Was this the result of an aborted coup on Lin\u2019s part? And where exactly was his plane heading? In the latest in our series on history\u2019s biggest conundrums, historian Rana Mitter answers these questions and more about the mysterious \u201cLin Biao incident\u201d.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-195926-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.4-701d0e7.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.4-701d0e7.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.4-701d0e7.mp3<\/a><\/audio><section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Browse all episodes in our podcast series on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/history-greatest-mysteries-series\/&quot;\">History\u2019s Greatest Mysteries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elinor Evans Published: Friday, 31 December 2021 at 12:00 am Fifty years ago, in September 1971, Lin Biao boarded a flight out of the country, only to crash in the Mongolian desert shortly afterwards. Was this the result of an aborted coup on Lin\u2019s part? And where exactly was his plane heading? 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