Theme 3 Flashcards
(28 cards)
When was the cultural revolution group formed?
March 1966
When was the launch of the Cultural revolution and what was the cause?
Mao swam the Yangtze River in July 1966
Who published the Little red book?
Lin Biao
When was the little red book published?
1964
What was the purpose of the Big character posters?
They were used to level accusations at political enemies and enabled radicals to seize control
When was the Four olds campaign launched?
August 1966
What was the purpose of the Four olds campaign?
Aiming to remove the four olds which were ‘being used by the exploiting classes to corrupt the masses’
How many libraries were closed during the cultural revolution?
1/3 of the 1100 libraries
How many books were removed?
7 million
How many artefacts were destroyed?
6618
What were the characteristics of the January storm?
1) Shanghai commune formed by a group of radical Red Guards
2) December 1966, 100,000 radical red guards attacked and defeated 20,000 others
In spring 1967, how many leaders of radical red guards had been arrested by the PLA?
500
How many protestors were killed in clashes between radicals and the army?
1000
When did Red Guards seize control of the Foreign ministry in Beijing?
August 1967
When were the PLA ordered to systematically crush Red Guards?
1968
Who led the wave of mass terror?
Mao’s security force, PLA unit 8341
How many were arrested for being ‘spies’?
1.84 million
How many were persecuted in the province of Hebei?
84,000
What was the punishment of Liu Shaoqi?
1) Wife was humiliated in front of 300,000 red guards in April 1967, forced to wear clothing evoking capitalism
2) Children sent to work as peasants in the countryside
3) Stripped of all his posts in 1969
What was the punishment of Deng?
1) Sent to work in a tractor factory in Jiangxi
2) Son paralysed
3) Humiliated in front of 3000 Red Guards
What % of party cadres were purged?
70-80%
How many party members were killed?
1/2 million
How many were executed as traitors in Yunan?
14,000
How many cadres and bureaucrats were sent to the countryside?
3 million
