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 Zedong’s direct supervision that launched the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese Communist Party officially regards the circular as the starting gun for that catastrophe. Some historians date the revolution’s opening differently, pointing to May 25, 1966, when Nie Yuanzi, […]
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