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Mao Declared Victory
Mao declared victory in the Communist revolution and established the People's Republic of China. He wanted to get rid of warlords since had stopped China from being a strong central government. -
Idea of Cultural Revolution
Articles in the state controlled papers introfduced the idea of a "Cultural Revolution." Red Guards groups, made up of Chinese youth,emerged throughout China. -
Idea of Cultural Revolution
Articles in the state controlled papers introfduced the idea of a "Cultural Revolution." -
Official Lauch of the Cultural Revolution
Mao officially launched the "Cultural Revolution" with a speech at the Chinese Communist Party. -
Destorying the Four Olds
Mao called for the Red Guards to destroy the "Four Olds": old customs,old culture, old habits, and old ideas. -
Replacing Committee Officials with Radicals
Red Guards acheived the overthrow of provincial party committee officials and replaced them with radicals. -
Calling for an End of Cultural Revolution
Top-level Communist Party officials calledfor an end of the Cultural Revolution, but Mao continued to support it. -
Mao replacing pre-Cultural Revolution
Mao replaced pre-Cultural Revolution party officials with radicals who supported the revolution. -
Mao Sending Teenagers to:Learn
On Mao's orders the Red Gaurds were broken up in the "rustification movement," where individual teenagers were "sent down" villages throughout China to "learn from the peasants." He sent around 17 million teenagers up the mountains and down to villages to let the teenagers learn, because he wanted a perfect socialist society. -
Mao Declared Victory
Mao declared "victory" of the Cultural Revolution and supported Lin Biao as his new successor. Winning victory had strengthened China.