Cultural Revolution

The Chinese Cultural Revolution Grew up and educated in China, the Chinese Cultural Revolution was only briefly mentioned in my history class. The way the textbook described the Cultural Revolution, made it seems so insignificant and “normal”. Living abroad, with access to more information, I want to uncover it from the “history textbook”. First, I want to know how exactly the Cultural Revolution happened and evolved. The Cultural Revolution started in 1966 by Chairman Mao Zedong and the…

The Chinese Cultural Revolution was led by a communist leader by the name of Mao Zedong. This movement took place in the 21th century, precisely in 1966, in China. It was believed that China’s development shaped the world we live in today. China was, and still is one of the greatest countries in the world. China has always been a powerful country. In previous centuries, it was part of the dominant superpowers. This country is still influential today. “Guerilla movements in Asia, Africa, and the…

The Cultural Revolution After Chairman Mao’s absolute failure with the great leap forward, his popularity among the citizens greatly decreased. This prompted Mao to launch the Cultural Revolution in hopes to regain his reputation with the masses and the Chinese government. Mao encouraged the youth all across the country to revolt against authority, and to wipe out old customs and traditions, but his real objective was to get rid of political figures that posed a threat to him. What ensued was a…

Due to the nature of the Cultural Revolution, which placed an unprecedented emphasis on culture, even those without a political background were targeted and branded as ‘class enemies’ because of their professions, interests or backgrounds (Bai, 2014). This classing led to perhaps the most…

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) launched and orchestrated by Chairman Mao Zedong aimed to maintain his power in the Chinese government by spreading his ideological beliefs. He aimed to destroy the Four Olds (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits). In foundation to this, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department (CCP-CPD) sought to bring about ‘thought reform’ through the use of propaganda. Propaganda was disseminated into cultural aspects of…

Cultural Revolution Tsun Hin Ng 9E Introduction The Cultural Revolution was a movement that took place in China during 1966 to 1976 aiming to cancel traditional thoughts and practices such as confucianism and to strengthen the thoughts of communism. He also aimed to have a fair and equal community amongst the people. Background Information – Before the Revolution Before the Cultural Revolution, Mao launched a movement called the ‘Great Leap Forward’. This movement aimed on industrialising…

he events that unfolded throughout the Great Proletarian Chinese Cultural Revolution, from 1966 1967, fundamentally arose Mao’s fundamental policy of permanent revolution, and the political status of China after the communist seizure of power in 1949. Furthermore, there were four key occurrences that contributed directly to the introduction of the Revolution. In addition to the long term political cause that was the establishment of Mao’s totalitarian control from 1948, a further indirect causes…

The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were revolutions in China that contradicted each other. They were two major events and program that China set in motion during the 1950s and 1960s to help China become the world’s super power country. They were programs set in motion by Mao Zedong after 1949. In the movie, “To Live,” you can see that there were many hidden messages that imply the hard times during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. Fugui’s two children were killed…

My father, a chef who now lives in Australia, as a child witnessed when the movement began. It was around the time we had just begun kindergarten when the cultural revolution broke out. I was very young back then. We didn’t understand what was happening. One day it was fine, the next everyone suddenly turned into enemies. The middle school on the street near us became a nightmare. Students would drag the teachers and elderly out into the streets and beat them. They gave propaganda speeches about…

“The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, were ill-conceived and led to disastrous consequences.” (Scharm) In consequence of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao enforced anti-rightest movement which was just the start of Mao’s reign of terror. Mao felt hated and rejected, therefore, to fix the problem Mao simply decided to exterminate all of the people who were against him. These people who were typically educated, independent thinkers were called the Rightists and to make them agree…