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Business News/ Photos / Fifty years of cultural revolution in China

Fifty years of cultural revolution in China

5 Photos . Updated: 11 May 2016, 05:50 PM IST Livemint

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in China, that was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966

In May 1966, Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong (centre) set into motion a sociopolitical movement to reassert his control over the party. It was known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, or simply the Cultural Revolution. It lasted for ten years between 1966 and 1976.

1/5In May 1966, Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong (centre) set into motion a sociopolitical movement to reassert his control over the party. It was known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, or simply the Cultural Revolution. It lasted for ten years between 1966 and 1976.

The revolution was a violent class struggle, launched after Mao’s suspicions that bourgeoisie elements had infiltrated the government and Chinese society. It also involved a purge of senior party figures like Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi. Here a poster displayed in Beijing featured how to deal with a so-called “enemy of the people”.

2/5The revolution was a violent class struggle, launched after Mao’s suspicions that bourgeoisie elements had infiltrated the government and Chinese society. It also involved a purge of senior party figures like Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi. Here a poster displayed in Beijing featured how to deal with a so-called “enemy of the people”.

The cultural revolution saw millions of people in China being violently persecuted, through beatings, imprisonment, rape, torture and other forms of abuse. The victims were mainly those the Communist Party identified as “spies”, “running dogs”, “revisionists” or those coming from a suspect class.

3/5The cultural revolution saw millions of people in China being violently persecuted, through beatings, imprisonment, rape, torture and other forms of abuse. The victims were mainly those the Communist Party identified as “spies”, “running dogs”, “revisionists” or those coming from a suspect class.

The Chinese Communist Party officially condemned the Cultural Revolution as a disaster in its 1981 party resolution. The revolution, the resolution said, “brought serious disaster and turmoil to the Communist Party and the Chinese people.”

4/5The Chinese Communist Party officially condemned the Cultural Revolution as a disaster in its 1981 party resolution. The revolution, the resolution said, “brought serious disaster and turmoil to the Communist Party and the Chinese people.”

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the revolution in China, the effects of which are still being felt today. It officially ended in 1976 following the death of Mao Zedong. Photographs: Jean Vincent/AFP

5/52016 marks the 50th anniversary of the revolution in China, the effects of which are still being felt today. It officially ended in 1976 following the death of Mao Zedong. Photographs: Jean Vincent/AFP

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