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Cultural Revolution
What caused it?
- the desire fore permanent revolution
- to provide a test for young people
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- To remove ' self satisfied ' officials who were motivated through privileges of power
- To prevent the revolution being weakened
- To remove opponents in the CCP
What were the features?
- Mao made the Central cultural revolution Group (CCRG)
- Started on the 16 of July 1966
- Mobilised young people called upon the young people too attack revisionists and also encouraged too attack authority and to regard rebellion as positive
- Eight mass rallies the ' four olds ' R1 - old habitis R2 - old ideas R3 old culture R4 old customs
- Red gaurd --> use to whip ' class enemies'
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What was the impact?
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millions of others suffered imprisonment, seizure of property, torture or general humiliation.
Death toll estimates vary widely, with roughly 250,000 to 20 million people perishing during the Revolution