Overview of the Cultural Revolution
Given below is a brief overview of the timeline of the Cultural Revolution for better understanding:
Year |
Significant events of the Cultural Revolution |
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May 16, 1966 |
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued the May 16 notice announcing the start of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. |
May 25, 1966 |
Banners denouncing school leaders were put up across universities and sparks soon spread to other universities and secondary schools, with Red Guards leaving classes to join the revolution and pledging to “die fighting to protect Chairman Mao” |
August 1966 |
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January 1967 |
Red Guards and workers seized power in Shanghai; the revolution reached the army provoking more clashes. |
July 1967 |
State President Liu Shaoqi was stripped of his duties weeks later and power was left in the hands of Lin Biao and Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing. |
December 1968 |
Hundreds of thousands of Red Guards were sent to rural areas for ‘re-education’ because the violence and anarchy in cities caused by them became out of control. |
September 1971 |
Mao’s designated successor, Lin, died in a plane crash in Mongolia. |
April 1973 |
Deng Xiaoping was rehabilitated and named vice-premier. |
January 1976 |
Death of Premier Zhou Enlai. |
April 1976 |
About 2 million people gathered in Tiananmen Square to protest against the Gang of Four. |
September 1976 |
Mao Zedong passed away, signaling the end of the Cultural Revolution. |
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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