the cultural revolution in china
by: Emma holland
how it all began
Mao Zedong launched the revolution at a meeting of the plenum of the central committee, august 1966.he felt like the current pay leadership in china was moving to far in a revisions direction.
the red gaurds
the red guards are a massive youth group made to harass and attack the elders and the instinctual citizens of china. They wore green uniforms usually worn by there parents in world war 2.
The effects
The effects of the cultural revolution is:
•1.5 million were killed
•millions more where suffering
•most Chinese citizens lost there jobs
•it effected the whole state
•they lost faith in there leader causing most to leave
how could this happen today
This could happen in the modern world today by the government creating a secret system (like the red guards) and releasing them to harass citizens.