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1965: Launch of the Cultural Revolution

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  • Having socialized industry and agriculture, Mao called on the masses to transform society itself. All distinctions between manual and intellectual work were to be abolished and class distinction was to be eradicated. The revolution reached its violent peak in 1967, with the Red Guards spreading fear and havoc.

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