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  2. Chinese funeral rituals - Wikipedia

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    Different rituals are carried out in different parts of China and many contemporary Chinese people carry out funerals according to various religious faiths such as Buddhism or Christianity. However, in general, the funeral ceremony itself is carried out over seven days, and mourners wear funerary dress according to their relationship to the ...

  3. Song Binbin - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Cultural Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The terminology of cultural revolution appeared in communist party discourses and newspapers prior to the founding of the People's Republic of China. During this period, the term was used interchangeably with "cultural construction" and referred to eliminating illiteracy in order to widen public participation in civic matters.

  5. List of campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party - Wikipedia

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    The Cultural Revolution, formally called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalist, traditional and cultural elements from ...

  6. List of massacres in China - Wikipedia

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    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. [56] Some Chinese researchers have estimated that at least 300,000 people were killed in massacres during the Cultural Revolution.

  7. Death and culture - Wikipedia

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    The Western cultural perspective on euthanasia is anchored in the principles of individual autonomy, liberty, and dignity. This value of empowerment to the individual is deeply embedded into the Western culture and reflects a cultural disposition that values self-determination. From an anthropological standpoint, this perspective emerges from a ...

  8. Great Chinese Famine - Wikipedia

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    Yao, the Chair of Economics at the Business School of Middlesex University, concluded that 18 million people died due to the famine. [60] 15 Chinese Academy of Sciences: 1989 A research team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences concluded that at least 15 million people died of malnutrition. [44] 15.4 Daniel Houser, Barbara Sands, and Erte Xiao 2009

  9. Guangxi Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–1976. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781408856499. Song Yongyi. Chronology of Mass Killings during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, 25 August 2011. ISSN 1961-9898. Andrew G. Walder.