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 Chief Executive Donald Tsang on Saturday apologized for his remark the previous day that democracy if taken to extremes could lead to another Cultural Revolution. ''I am very sorry that I made an inappropriate remark concerning the Cultural Revolution during...
Democracy if taken to extremes could lead to another Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Friday. Attending a phone-in program at the government-funded Radio Television Hong Kong, Tsang said he believes fast-paced democracy development can compromise social stability and...
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.
