Cultural Revolution

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The Cultural Revolution was a decade-long sociopolitical movement in China (1966–1976) launched by Mao Zedong to reassert his control, enforce ideological purity, and reshape Chinese society through mass mobilization and widespread persecution.

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Generate an image of the Cultural Revolution (The Cultural Revolution was a decade-long sociopolitical movement in China (1966–1976) launched by Mao Zedong to reassert his control, enforce ideological purity, and reshape Chinese society through mass mobilization and widespread persecution.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mass movement ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
sociopolitical movement ⓘ
aftermath launch of reform and opening‑up policies ⓘ
rehabilitation of many persecuted officials ⓘ
rise of Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Cultural Revolution
country China ⓘ
deathTollEstimate hundreds of thousands to millions of deaths ⓘ
endDate 1976 ⓘ
endedBy arrest of the Gang of Four ⓘ
goal eliminate so‑called capitalist roaders ⓘ
enforce ideological purity ⓘ
reassert Mao Zedong's control over the Communist Party of China ⓘ
strengthen proletarian dictatorship ⓘ
transform Chinese culture and society ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
initiatedBy Mao Zedong ⓘ
keyOrganization Central Cultural Revolution Group ⓘ
linked to: Red Guards

People's Liberation Army ⓘ
Red Guards ⓘ
leader Mao Zedong ⓘ
notableFigure Gang of Four ⓘ
Jiang Qing ⓘ
Lin Biao ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
notableVictim Liu Shaoqi ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
officialEvaluation considered a serious setback and disaster for the Party and the nation by the Communist Party of China ⓘ
officialEvaluationBy Communist Party of China ⓘ
phase Red Guard phase ⓘ
military control phase ⓘ
purge of the Gang of Four ⓘ
politicalParty Communist Party of China ⓘ
region Mainland China ⓘ
linked to: China
result destruction of cultural heritage ⓘ
disruption of education system ⓘ
economic dislocation ⓘ
large‑scale social upheaval ⓘ
purge of high‑ranking Communist Party officials ⓘ
widespread persecution of intellectuals ⓘ
slogan Bombard the Headquarters ⓘ
Destroy the Four Olds ⓘ
startDate 1966 ⓘ
target old culture ⓘ
old customs ⓘ
old habits ⓘ
old ideas ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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