Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ({{zh-stpl|s=无产阶级文化大革命|t=無產階級文化大革命|p=wú chǎn jiē jí wén huà dà gé mìng|l=Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution}}; often abbreviated to 文化大革命 wén huà dà gé mìng, literally "Great Cultural Revolution", or simply 文革 wén gé, literally "Cultural Revolution") in the People's Republic of China was a revolutionary upsurge by Chinese students and workers against the bureaucrats of the Chinese Communist Party. It was launched by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 to secure Maoism (known domestically as Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse-tung Thought) in China as the state's dominant ideology and eliminate political opposition. Though Mao himself officially declared the Cultural Revolution to have ended in 1969, the term is today widely used to also include the period between
External links
- China Digital Times
- Labels with Cultural Revolution Posters, Badges, and History
- Morning Sun - A Film and Website about Cultural Revolution
- Another website about the Cultural Revolution
- Attempts to document using eyewitness accounts events during the Cultural Revolution
- Chinese propaganda posters, Cultural Revolution statuettes, maoist stuff and revolutionary songs
- Exhibition causes stir with candid views of 'great' Mao The Times, July 14, 2005
- Chinese Museum Looks Back in Candor: Groundbreaking New Exhibit on Cultural Revolution Sparks Official Displeasure but Visitors' Praise from the Washington Post, June 3, 2005
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Background |
| ► | The Cultural Revolution |
| ► | Time dominated by Lin Biao |
| ► | Times of the "Gang of Four" |
| ► | After the Revolution Even though Hua Guofeng publicly denounced and arrested, the Gang of Four in 1976, he continued to invoke Mao to justify his policies. Hua opened what was known as the Two Whatevers, saying "Whatever policy originated from Chairman Mao, we must continue to support," and "Whatever directions were given to us from Chairman Mao, we must continue to work on their basis." Like Deng, Hua's goal was to reverse the damage of the Cultural Revolution; but unlike Deng, who was not against new economic models for China, Hua intended to move the Chinese economic and political system to resemble Soviet-style planning of the early 1950's. |
| ► | Effect |
| ► | References |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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