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Tony Saich on 100 Years of the CCP

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Cultural Revolution - The Most Complicated and Misinterpreted Event in the History of the Chinese Communist Party

The cultural revolution is the most complicated and misinterpreted event in the history of the p r c. It was really a bursting out of frustrations amongst the general populace that had been building up from the fifties into the sixties. Central administration and control collapsed. Red guards were roaming around the countryside and through the urban areas. Many people were getting to see for the first time the realities of life in china.

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