Carrier Rocket Successfully Launched

China successfully launched a carrier rocket to a predetermined area in the southern Pacific Ocean from May 18 to 21.

(Beijing Review: China's Successful Launching of Carrier Rocket, No.21, 1980)

Lin Biao-Jiang Qing Cliques on Trial

The Supreme People's Court held a public trial of 10 principal culprits of the Lin Biao and Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary cliques on November 20

(Beijing Review: Principal Culprits of the Counter-Revolutionary Cliques of Lin Biao and Jiang Qing to Be Tried, No. 40, 1980)