With little agreement on when it began (1964, late 1965 or mid 1966), how long it lasted (three years, 1966–9, or a decade, 1966–76), what it was about (culture, revolution, power struggles, or simply Mao Zedong’s monomania), or what...

Cultural revolution is part of the post-Marx development of Marxist theory, most importantly with Chinese communism under the guidance of Mao Zedong. The general idea of cultural revolution is as a corrective to the materialistic assumption that some...

A change in the organization of the Chinese society and economy in the late 1960s and 1970s. This revolution challenged the DIVISION OF LABOUR previously practised, especially by breaking down the division between the town and countryside....

The Chinese Cultural Revolution (CR), the full title of which was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was the largest and most important of the ideological campaigns of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). Because of the political movement's...

This article is about the People's Republic of China. For Iran's Islamic Cultural Revolution, see Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980-1987. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution[1] in the People's Republic of China was a struggle...

MARICHELLE ROQUE-LUTZ Jiebing Chen was 5 when her future as an erhu musician was set. It was one year into Mao Tse Tung's Cultural Revolution, all schools in China were closed and music of any kind forbidden. But Chen's father, Weixian, a college professor...

Listening to Philip Greenspun and Allen Shaheen of ArsDigita talk about the company's past and future is a fascinating study in how founders like Greenspun and chief executives like Shaheen relate to each other. They've passed the honeymoon period - Shaheen joined the...

Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang apologized Saturday for a comment that too much democracy could lead to another Cultural Revolution, when gangs of youths were given free rein to persecute suspected government opponents in mainland China.Tsang said he was withdrawing his remarks, which sparked an...

Hong Kong's leader said Friday that too much democracy could lead to another Cultural Revolution, when gangs of youths were given free rein to persecute suspected government opponents in mainland China.Donald Tsang's comments quickly drew criticism from pro-democracy lawmakers who questioned his willingness to fight...

Essay praises the author's mother, who was born and raised in China just after it won its independence in 1949. Discusses the hardships of China during that time and the Cultural Revolution.

A short history of the Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 to 1976 and the degree to which it led to disorder and disaster within China.