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The Cultural Revolution was lead by Mao Zedong, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. He wanted to renew the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. He feared that China would start developing along the thoughts of the Soviet models, and he was also concerned about his name in History. Therefore, he led the cities of China into a agitated situation, a land full of protest. Mao wanted China to have peasants, workers and educated people working together. Everyone was of equal class status, no one was better than anyone else.

The Cultural Revolution started in 1965, when Lin Piao made a speech encouraging students to criticize the liberals in the Chinese Communist Party, or those influenced by the thoughts of the USSR. They formed a group called the "Red Guards", who criticized the people that Mao disliked. Anyone who was known to be superior was considered an enemy of the group. One of his main enemies were Liu Shao-Qiu.

Mao created a cult for himself, and to clear and remove any......

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