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[The China Project] Mao’s Cultural Revolution turns deadly
Manage episode 374463336 series 2865795
On August 18, 1966, in front of a million supporters at Tiananmen, a symbolic gesture from Mao Zedong made it clear that the Red Guards had his official endorsement to continue enacting, with violence, their rebellion against authority figures.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Manage episode 374463336 series 2865795
On August 18, 1966, in front of a million supporters at Tiananmen, a symbolic gesture from Mao Zedong made it clear that the Red Guards had his official endorsement to continue enacting, with violence, their rebellion against authority figures.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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