Impact of the Cultural Revolution B4 Flashcards
how many students stopped attending school
130 million
free rail travel for who?
Red Guard
using the free rail travel, how many moved to the countryside?
12 million young people from 1967-72
the Red Guard tortured..
teachers
Population —- from 1953-76.
doubled - Mao believed “more people, more power”
who were the lost generation
the Red Guard, who found it difficult to settle down in the 1970s after years of travelling
anarchy in —- and —- as the police couldn’t control strikes and Red Guard battles
Beijing and Shanghai
where did full scale war break out?
wuhan, between 2 rival factions of the Red Guard
where were there now food shortages
cities
give 3 examples of attacks on foreign embassies
- dutch ambassador besieged in his house for a month
- 2 secretaries from indian embassy beaten
- burning british embassy in Beijing
in what year did Chinese militants cause violence in over 30 countries
1967
as religion was one of the Olds, what was attacked?
churches. no public worship was allowed and church leaders were persecuted. international outcry against PRC as a consequence
what was considered a crime against the gov?
owning private property
what were the prison camps used for
holding over 10 million prisoners a year. used as slave labour e.g. clearing malarial swamps and mining
half of the politburo…
had military experience in 1969
