At the “East is Red” shop in Shanghai, every nook and cranny is packed with memorabilia of China’s Cultural Revolution, from small badges of Chairman Mao Zedong to gigantic posters of his iconic image ...

The Cultural Revolution was not a single event. It was a decade of upheaval that reshaped China’s society, culture, and institutions. This video explains how ideology was weaponized against education, ...

Official Chinese media stayed largely silent about Monday’s 50th anniversary of the start of the bloody Cultural Revolution, with discussion of the tumultuous decade still controlled on the mainland.

Mao Zedong died in the early hours of Sept. 9, 1976. He had led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for more than four decades and served as head of state since the establishment of the People’s ...

1. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution — Why is it called “cultural”? Superficial observations only revealed brutal struggles, large scale rebellion, or a limited civil war in various places.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! "Guardian" newspaper editorial writer and former China correspondent Tania Branigan, author of "Red Memory," details some basic facts about China's ...

Chinese state media made a rare public mention of the Cultural Revolution on Tuesday, hours after the 50th anniversary of the start of the decade-long upheaval. The People's Daily, the ruling ...

When Mao Zedong and his party took power, China was in a precarious state. A century’s worth of invasions, rebellions, and revolutions had left the country poor, weakened, and humiliated. But Mao ...