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Why was the cultural revolution launched?
To re-establish Mao's power, remove class enemies, inspire the youth and re-establish Maoist communism
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When was Jiang Qing appointed a member of the CCRG? How many operas did she order to be written?
1966 and 8 new operas
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Who was she compared to but in a negative way?
Empress Cixi
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What was her quotation?
'better to be a socialist train arrive late than a capitalist train on time'
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What gang was she part of? What quote did Mao say about his wife?
Gang of 4 and that she 'only represented herself'
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What did she say in 1970?
'I was Mao's dog, I bit whoever he told me to'
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Who are part of the ideologies?
Mao, Lin Biao and Jiang Qing
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What did they say?
Ideology was the most important way, it is Mao's way or no way
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Who are the pragmatists? What is a famous quotation from it?
Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqui. 'What does it matter if it is a white of black cat, so long as it catches a mouse it is a good cat'
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When was the cultural revolution? When was the first stage?
1966-79 and 66-69
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What were the four olds?
Old thoughts (opium), old customs (concubines), old habits (Confucius) and old beliefs (capitalism)
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What is the veneration of elders called?
Filial devotion
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How long did it take students of the Beijing Normal Uni to destroy the Confucius Temple in Shangdong?
4 weeks
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What else was destroyed? What percentage of libraries were closed?
200 year old Qing Archway. A 1/3 of libraries were closed
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Who was exhumed from their grave and burned in front of an audience?
Wu Xun
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What was Christianity described as?
Spiritual opium
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Who said 'a revolution is not a dinner party... or a piece of embroidery'?
Mao
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In what year was the Red army fighting?
1967
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What are examples of quotations to describe the CR?
'Mother and father are dear, but Chairman Mao is dearer' and 'We didn't hate him personally, he had bourgeoisie managers value so we had to'
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What is an example of how indoctrinated Chinese people were?
'The more extreme we were, the more loyal we were to Mao'
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What was the Jan Storm of 1967?
Red Guards destroyed Communist party offices and set up their own government
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How many people died violently in the CR? How many people died unnecessarily through force according to Frank Dikhoter?
1/2 a million and 7-9 million estimated
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How many Red guards were forced into the countryside in 1968?
Estimated 18 million
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Who's wife was targeted in the CR?
Liu Shaoqui's wife Wang Guangmei
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Which foreign embassy staff were attacked by Red Guards?
Indian, Burman, English and Indonesian
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How long was a Dutch embassy worker imprisoned for?
6 months
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Who and what is the 'black hand'?
The Red Guards felt betrayed by Mao and thousands of them were killed when they were suppressed by Mao
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What year did violence and anarchy come to an end and where?
Ninth party congress in 1969
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Who was the first round between and who won?
Lin Biao, Jiang Qing VS Shaoqui and Xiaoping. (Biao and Qing won)
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Who was the second round between and who won?
Jiang Qing, Gang of 4 VS Lin Biao. (Jiang and Gang of 4 won)
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Who was the final round between and who won?
Jiang Qing VS Deng and Zhou (Deng and Zhou won)
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Who is Ding Ling?
Born into a rich family with Confucian values, becomes a left wing political activist
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When was she persecuted by Nationalists?
In the 1930s
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What literary award did she win?
Soviet literary award
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What is she an example for?
An example of how commitment to equality was disregarded
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