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Mao declared victory in the communist revolution and established the people's Republic of China.
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Articles in the stae controlled papers introduced the idea of a "cultural Revolution."
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Mao officially launched the "Cultural Revolution" with a speech at the chinese communist party.
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Mao called for the red guards to destroy the "four Olds": old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas.
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Red Guard achieved the overthrow of provincial party committee officials and replaced them with radicals.
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Top-Level Communist Party Officials Called For An End Of The cultural Revolution, but Mao Continued to support the revolution.
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Mao replaced pre-cultural revolution party officials with radicals who supported the revolution.
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On Mao's orders, the red guards were broken up in the "rustification movement," Where individual teenagers were "sent down" to villages throughout China to "learn from the peasants."
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Mao Declared "victory" of the cultural revolution and support Lin Biao as his new successor.
