FAQ’s on Cultural Revolution in China
What are the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution?
The Red Guards were a student-led, paramilitary social movement mobilized by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 until their abolishment in 1968, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution.
What were the goals of the Cultural Revolution?
Mao Zedong had the following broad goals for the Cultural Revolution: to replace his designated successors with leaders more faithful to his current thinking; to rectify the Chinese Communist Party; to provide China’s youths with a revolutionary experience and to achieve policy changes so as to make the educational, health care, and cultural systems less elitist.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
The Cultural Revolution was an upheaval launched by Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in power (1966–1976) to renew the spirit of the Chinese Revolution and Communism.
Why was the Cultural Revolution launched?
Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution because he feared that China would develop along the lines of the Soviet model, and adopt capitalism, which he did not approve of and also because he was concerned about his own place in history.
When did the Cultural Revolution occur?
The Cultural Revolution took place from August 1966 to the autumn of 1976. It was officially ended by the Eleventh Party Congress in August 1977.
Cultural Revolution in China
The Cultural Revolution in China, also known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was an almost decade-long period of socio-political chaos launched by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman, Mao Zedong to renew the spirit of communism, to “purify” the party “bourgeois” infiltrators and to reassert his position in the Chinese government with this revolution.
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Table of Content
- Overview of the Cultural Revolution
- The Beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China
- Lin Biao’s Role in the Cultural Revolution
- End of the Cultural Revolution and Gang of Four
- Effects of the Cultural Revolution on China
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