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The Cultural Revolution
The legacy of the Red Guards; Mao's Cultural Revolution still haunts China.
Susan V. Lawrence.
U.S. News & World Report
May 20, 1996 v120 n20 p40(3)
1. What started the Cultural Revolution?
2. What was the purpose of "reeducation"? What were the affects at this radical attempt at political socialization?
3. Why does the Chinese government want to put the Cultural Revolution squarely in China’s past?
4. Why is stability so important to the Chinese? What does this say about China’s political culture?
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