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A high school Red Guard leader, Song Binbin, placed a red armband inscribed with the characters for "Red Guard" on the chairman, who stood for six hours. [1] The 8-18 Rally, as it was known, was the first of eight receptions the Chairman gave to Red Guards in Tiananmen in the fall of 1966.
During the Cultural Revolution, a Rebel Faction (Chinese: 造反派; pinyin: Zàofǎn pài) referred to a group or a sociopolitical movement that was self-proclaimed "rebellious". Composed of workers and students, they were often the more radical wing of the Red Guards and grew around 1967, but were accompanied by further splits and sectarianism.
The Violent Struggle (simplified Chinese: 武斗; traditional Chinese: 武鬥; pinyin: wǔdòu), also known as Wudou or Factional Conflicts, refers to the violent conflicts between different factions (mostly of Red Guards and "rebel groups" composed mostly of students and workers) during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976).
The Chinese term translated into English as "Red Guard" -- hongwei bing-- was a new, non-standard phrase coined by the radical students. [2] "Scarlet Guards" used an older term (chiwei dui) which was used to refer to "Red Guards" who fought for the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. [2] This name signaled the Scarlet Guards' political ...
[14] [13] Yang Tao, who was at one time the head of Beijing University's Autonomous Student Federation, remains in China today. [13] [15] He was initially charged as being an instigator of the counterrevolutionary rebellion and imprisoned for one year on 16 June 1989. [13] In 1998, he wrote an open letter asking for the release of Wang Youcai. [15]
The An Shi Rebellion (Chinese: 安史之亂; pinyin: Ānshǐzhī Luàn; 756–763) was a rebellion by An Lushan and Shi Siming against the Tang dynasty. It was also known as the Tianbao Rebellion (Chinese: 天寶之亂; pinyin: Tiānbǎozhī Luàn) from the name of the Chinese era during which it began. The rebellion spanned the reigns of three ...
The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese cultural and anti-imperialist political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Students gathered in front of Tiananmen to protest the Chinese government 's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles decision to allow the Empire of Japan to retain territories in Shandong that ...
The Chinese government has preferred to leave the dissidents in exile. [259] Those who attempt to re-enter, such as Wu'er Kaixi, have been simply sent back but not arrested. [259] Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao were arrested in late 1989 for their involvement in the protests. Chinese authorities alleged they were the "black hands" behind the movement.