Tag: Cultural Revolution origins
Why Mao Zedong Really Launched the Cultural Revolution
May 16 was the 60th anniversary of the "May 16 Circular," the foundational document drafted under Mao...
How Mao Zedong’s Four Policies Starved Tens of Millions: A Survivor’s Account
Decades after the Great Famine of 1959 to 1961 killed an estimated 36 million people, most Chinese under...
How Stalin Humiliated Mao Zedong in Moscow — and Why Mao Never Forgot It
In December 1949, Mao Zedong boarded a special train and traveled for nearly two weeks across Soviet...
‘Long Live Mao’: How Mao Zedong Turned on His Earliest Loyalist, Peng Zhen
By Yuan Bin, Vision Times Before the Cultural Revolution erupted into nationwide chaos, Peng Zhen...
Why Mao’s Most Dependable Enforcer Was the First to Fall: The Rise and Ruin of Peng Zhen
For more than two decades before the Cultural Revolution, Peng Zhen occupied a rare tier inside the CCP...