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In 2006, Yang Su of UC Irvine concluded based on the 57 county annals available (out of the 80 counties during the Cultural Revolution) that the average number of abnormal deaths among the counties was 311.6, while the average number of deaths due to collective killings (at least 10 people were killed at once) was 278 among the 28 counties that ...
Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong in May 1966, with the help of the Cultural Revolution Group. Estimates of total deaths during the Cultural Revolution generally range from 500,000 to 2,000,000. [58] Some Chinese researchers have estimated that at least 300,000 people were killed in massacres during the Cultural Revolution.
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until 1976. Its stated goal was to preserve Chinese socialism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.
In 2013, Yang Liping, a notable Chinese dancer, said that she had seen cannibalism during the Cultural Revolution (though she did not specify the exact location). She stated that "I am pessimistic about humanity and pessimistic about humans. Because we have been through the Cultural Revolution, we have become very alert.
In the preface of the book (Chinese edition), Hu Jiwei, former president and editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, praises Song's effort of exposing the historical facts and details of the atrocities during the Cultural Revolution to the public, and endorsed Song's argument that the massacres and violence were mainly the action of "state apparatuses" under Mao Zedong towards the citizens. [2]
Qinghai, where some of China's main nuclear sites locate, including Lop Nur. [1]The Qinghai 223 Incident (Chinese: 青海二二三事件), also known as the February 23 Qinghai Incident or the Qinghai 223 massacre, was a massacre in 1967 during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in Qinghai Province.
On May 16, 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution in mainland, China. [10] On August 5, Bian Zhongyun, the first vice principal of the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, was beaten to death by a group of Red Guards—mostly her students—and became the first education worker in Beijing killed by the Red ...
The Daoxian massacre (simplified Chinese: 道县大屠杀; traditional Chinese: 道縣大屠殺; pinyin: Dào Xiàn Dàtúshā), or Dao County massacre, was a massacre which took place during the Cultural Revolution in Dao County, Hunan as well as ten other nearby counties and cities. [1]