Cultural Revolution - Gang of Four, Lost Generation, Quotations from Chairman Mao, Tiananmen Incident, Qincheng Prison, Red Guards (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Gang of Four, Lost Generation, Quotations from Chairman Mao, Tiananmen Incident, Qincheng Prison, Red Guards, Chairman Mao badge, Cultural Revolution Group, Revolutionary opera, Revolutionary Committee, Struggle session, Shanghai People's Commune, Scar literature, Rusticated Youth of China, The East Is Red, Project 571 Outline, Central Case Examination Group, Socialism is Good, Leaf In A Bitter Wind, Four Olds, One Strike-Three Anti Campaign, Wuhan Incident, Five Man Group, Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China, Down to the Countryside Movement, Bombard the Headquarters, A Dictionary of Maqiao, Big-character poster, Two Whatevers, I Love Beijing Tiananmen, Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius, Hai Rui Dismissed from Office, One Divides Into Two, Though I am Gone, Chen Zaidao, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Stinking Old Ninth, Daoxian massacre, Learn from Daqing in industry, Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman, Lin Biao Diary, Sent-down youth. Excerpt: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution (Chinese: ), was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, it was designed to further advance socialism in the country by removing capitalist elements from Chinese society, and impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The movement brought chaos, as social norms largely evaporated and the previously established political institutions disintegrated at all levels of government. The Revolution was launched in May 1966. Mao alleged that bourgeois elements were entering the government and society at large, aiming to restore capitalism. He insisted that these "revisionists" be removed through violent class struggle. China's youth the...