China: Monday marks 50 years since start of Cultural Revolution

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Monday marks 50 years since start of Cultural Revolution

BEIJING (AP) — The 50th anniversary of the start of China's violent Cultural Revolution is passing without fanfare and has been almost completely ignored by the Communist Party-controlled media.

On May 16, 1966, the party's Politburo met to purge a quartet of top officials who had fallen out of favor with Communist leader Mao Zedong. The event also produced a document announcing the start of the decade-long drive to pursue class warfare, enforce radical egalitarianism and enlist the population in mass political movements.

The start of the Cultural Revolution was not widely known or understood and the time, but soon took on a violent agenda, leading to the downfall of leading officials, factional battles, mass rallies and the exile of educated youths to the countryside.

No official events were held to commemorate Monday's anniversary.


-- (c) Associated Press 2016-05-16

[Usernames]

And a new cultural revolution appears to be underway. The new government is going back to Mao-like standards of governing. It just proves that China can't work in the modern world. Either its current form of capitalism/mercantilism bogs down into complete corruption and chaos until it fails, or it returns to totalitarian edicts from imitators of Mao who will retard all Chinese technological and economic development, throwing the country back into the 19th century again. Chaos or tyranny. That's your choice if you're Chinese. World superpower? Not a chance.

Edited May 16, 2016 by Usernames

[Boon Mee]

And how many millions did Mao kill through his policies?

[Pimay1]

And how many millions did Mao kill through his policies?

The number is estimated to be between 54.7- 56.9 million.

Edit to include link: http://necrometrics.com/20c5m.htm

Edited May 16, 2016 by Pimay1

[Merylhighground]

Odd there's not much mention of this in the Socialist press in the UK for some reason......