What Was China's Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?
What Happened in Tiananmen Square? http://bit.ly/1qs8e4V How Strict Are China's Censorship Laws? http://bit.ly/1WDh5i0 Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml In 1966, Mao Zedong launched his...
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May 2016 marks 50 years since the start of China’s Cultural Revolution. The decade long shift resulted in an estimated one-and-a-half million deaths, alongside widespread abuse, displacement, public humiliation and torture. At the time, little was understood about the causes and devastating outcomes of the revolution, however newly released archives have shed light on this dark period of China’s modern history. So, now half a century later, what do we know about China’s Cultural Revolution? Well, the movement was predominantly Chairman Mao Zedong’s attempt to establish himself as the leader of the Communist world by ridding the country of capitalism and its long standing traditions. After Mao’s Communist Party took power in 1949, the Soviet Union’s ...
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May 2016 marks 50 years since the start of China’s Cultural Revolution. The decade long shift resulted in an estimated one-and-a-half million deaths, alongside widespread abuse, displacement, public humiliation and torture. At the time, little was understood about the causes and devastating outcomes of the revolution, however newly released archives have shed light on this dark period of China’s modern history. So, now half a century later, what do we know about China’s Cultural Revolution? Well, the movement was predominantly Chairman Mao Zedong’s attempt to establish himself as the leader of the Communist world by ridding the country of capitalism and its long standing traditions. After Mao’s Communist Party took power in 1949, the Soviet Union’s ...
