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Mao Zedong expressed personal approval and support for the Red Guards in a letter to the Tsinghua University Red Guards on 1 August 1966. [1] During the " Red August " of Beijing , Mao gave the movement a public boost at a massive rally on 18 August at Tiananmen Square .
Mao Zedong and the Red Guards in Beijing (October 1966) By the end of August 1966, the situation had grown out of control, forcing the Central Committee of CCP and the Chinese government to take multiple interventions, which gradually brought the massacres to an end.
On the night of 29 August 1966, the New Peking University Red Guards ransacked Zhang Shizhao's residence in Beijing. Early in the morning on 30 August, Zhang wrote a letter to Mao Zedong. Mao issued a directive: "Forward this to the Premier for appropriate action; he should be protected."
On 18 August in Beijing, over a million Red Guards from across the country gathered in and around Tiananmen Square for an audience with the chairman. [7]: 106–107 Mao mingled with Red Guards and encouraged them, donning a Red Guard armband. Lin also took centre stage, denouncing perceived enemies in society that were impeding the "progress of ...
[2] [8] [9] Many of them were killed by the Red Guards and others. [3] [8] [10] Mao believed that victimizing these people, as well as other groups of citizens – such as teachers, educated intellectuals, and enemies of the Communist Party (cadres) – was a necessary component to initiate the changes in the Chinese culture that he desired. He ...
Mao waved to the "revolutionary masses" on the riverside before his "swim across the Yangtze", July 1966 Red Guards of Beijing University marching through Tiananmen Square, 1966 Mao's cult was significantly elevated during the Cultural Revolution , despite the major failures of his Great Leap Forward campaign only years prior.
The CCP has never been interested in democracy. Just read the country's constitution, listen to its leaders, and understand its past.
Song Binbin (Chinese: 宋彬彬; 1947 – September 16, 2024), [1] also known as Song Yaowu (Chinese: 宋要武), was a Chinese woman who, as a 19-year old, began engaging in violence that led to a role as a senior leader in the Chinese Red Guards during the call to violence by Mao Zedong that was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. [2]