Chen Ma-ling was seen as especially pernicious. Not only was she a big star, she was from Taiwan and led her own troupe, which qualified her as both a Taiwanese traitor and someone in a position of authority, which was just the sort of person Chairman Mao had singled out for attack.
身份特殊的陳瑪玲，當時除了是當紅藝人，又是台胞加團長，因而是文藝紅線黑人加台奸與當權派。