Timeline - Cultural Revolution

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  • Mao declared victory

    Mao declared victory
    Mao declared victory in the Communist revolution, Established People's Republic of China

  • Cultural Revolution/ Red Guard groups emerge

    Cultural Revolution/ Red Guard groups emerge
    Papers introduced "Cultural Revlution"
    Red Guard groups emerge through China

  • Mao launched Cultural Revolution

    Mao launched Cultural Revolution
    He launched it with a speech at the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Mao said to destroy the four olds.

    Mao said to destroy the four olds.
    Old customs, Old culture, old habits, and old ideas.

  • Red Guards overthrow provincial party

    Red Guards overthrow provincial party
    They also replaced them with radicals.

  • Communist Party wants to end Cultural Revolution

    Communist Party wants to end Cultural Revolution
    Mao continued to support it.

  • Mao replaced pre-Cultural Revolution party

    Mao replaced pre-Cultural Revolution party
    He replaced them with radicals who supported the revolution.

  • Red Guards were broken up in the Rustification Movement

    Red Guards were broken up in the Rustification Movement
    Individual teens were sent down to the villages to learn from the peasents,

  • Mao declared victory

    Mao declared victory
    Supported Lin Bao as his new successor.