The Red Guards During The Middle School

The purpose of this investigation is to examine the extent to which the Chinese Cultural Revolution impacted China’s economy from 1966 to 1970. The main body of the investigation will focus on the persecution and violence towards high-level party officials and capitalists by the Red Guards and the “Destroy the Four Olds” campaign. The “Destroy the Four Olds” campaign was significant because it inhibited industrial and agricultural innovation and production of an entire country for a decade as it placed the country’s economy and industry into the hands of inexperienced revolutionaries. Two sources that will be used will be China: A New History and Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, and they will be evaluated in regards to their purpose, value, and limitations. An analysis of these sources and the evidence will be used to form a conclusion as to how and to what extent the revolution impacted the Chinese economy.

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“There is danger0from all men.0The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man0living with power to endanger the0public liberty.” says Ayn Rand. The novel Forbidden City by William Bell tells us a real story about students and civilians democracy in0Beijing, China in 1989. The government no0longer works for people when the movement0becomes violent and a power struggle between the government and people appears. In a word, power0can take over0freedom when a certain0group of people controls it all, but it can’t control people’s0thoughts forever. Firstly, the setting shows the background0which is thousands of students were doing hunger strike in Tian An0Men Square because of freedom. The Character Lao Xu is one of the leaders in the activity of hunger strike Lao Xu sacrificed because saving students. Finally the conflict between China0and citizen shows that government cannot ignore any citizens and controls their thoughts.

The Cultural Revolution, which affected China from 1965 to 1968, is the name given to Mao's endeavor to proclaim his convictions in China. Mao Zedong was a Chinese Communist progressive and the establishing father of the People's Republic of China. He had a Marxist-Leninist hypothesis, military procedures, and political approaches which were known as the Mao Zedong Thought. Mao was worried about the traits of post 1959 China. He commented that the unrest had supplanted the old respectability with over again one and expected that these individuals taking in a main part would debilitate Mao's energy inside the gathering and nation. Mao trusted that with the begin of the Cultural Revolution, it would disrupt the decision class and get China to a more equivalent condition of being. August 1966 at a meeting of the Plenum of the Central Committee was the initiation of the Cultural Revolution development.

The Red Scare was a period of time after WWII. The president and his administration were determined to stand up to the Communist with the belief that the America had won the right to be the political, economic, and military leader of the world. As a direct result, the United States began a Cold War struggle

Amid the red Alarm of 1919 -1920, numerous in the Unified States dreaded late foreigners and nonconformists, especially the individuals who grasped comrade, communist, or rebel belief system. The reasons for the red Panic included:

Perhaps it is in human nature to turn to violence in turbulent times. We often overlook the violence that goes hand in hand with great historical change. And, as the victors write history, often the violence that acts as the cornerstone of societies are toned down and forgotten. During the Cultural Revolution in China, violence forced its way into the everyday life of the people. Everyday people— peaceful farmers, city folk— became the vehicle for immense violence in both a severe and widespread scope. This violence, while operating within the bounds of human nature, is motivated by a social requirement to prove one’s dedication to the CCP, “soldiers” who become carried away with newfound power and government encouragement, forcing ideology by brute force, retaliation, personal pride or protection, and human instinct to resort to violence; and can occur in any society.

Mao Zedong, “the Great Helmsman of China’s Revolution” (Sijie 6), first launched his re-education process in 1968. He strived to limit education by prohibiting literature and sending “‘young intellectuals’” such as the narrator to the countryside. Through this re-education process, the narrator travels to the mountain of the Phoenix of the Sky, where he evolves into one of Mao’s subjects. The narrator works arduously under Mao’s communal model in the fields and acknowledges his “infinitesimal” (17) chances of escaping the mountain and the re-education process: “three in a thousand.” Later, while laboring in a coal mine, the narrator experiences “visions… difficulty breathing… [and] fear” (30-31). Mao’s

And I was”(Prologue, 2). In the Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, the author, Jiang Ji-li at first was a girl who believed everything that the government, the Communist Party said and didn’t once question whether it was right or wrong. She was told things like “Heaven and earth are great, but greater still is the kindness of the Communist Party; father and mother are dear, but dearer still is Chairman Mao”(Prologue, 4). People are being hurt for being from a family that had an ancestor or past family member whose actions went against the government. When the Cultural Revolution started to affect

By the peak of the Red Guard movement in January of 1967, it had broken down into warring factions and unleashed havoc across China. Because of the Red Guard’s lack of a unified mindset, they lacked common targets to remove as they purged local governments of officials. Groups of Red Guards would senselessly fight against Party leaders and each other, with no central goal. Some would work to initiate opposition and struggle against Party members whom they deemed too conservative, while others attempted to prevent the overthrow of the

This article is about how two factions, left-wing and right-wing, had executed Mao’s orders differently. The right-wing faction exploited Mao’s instructions in hopes of ending the Cultural Revolution, “to bring the Chinese Cultural Revolution … to an end in all but name.”. While the left-wing was hesitant on proceeding with Mao’s orders. However, at the end both factions had deported the students away and in some provinces, such as Chengtu, the Red Guards’ headquarters was disbanded. Mr. Mohr even mentions in the paper that “Unless the leftist can persuade Mr. Mao to halt the process, it seemed possible that the shock troops of the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards, might become a thing of the past.” Therefore, I think it is safe to assume that Charles was trying to point out to the readers how the rightist’s plans were coming true and they were “winning” against the leftists. The Chinese were moving forward and ready to initiate a new and better system. Furthermore, according to his newsprint, “a new policy that unspecified numbers of the youths must “go to the hilly areas and countryside and work in factories, mines and rural area.” …this policy was clearly meant to limit the Red Guards’ undirected and wild political activity”. I think the author wanted to hint that Mao’s instructions on sending the youths to rural areas

The Great Culture Revolution outset from the very beginning had filled with violence and blood. Slogans as "Revolution is not a dinner party, not gentle, modest or courteous", "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." (Mao Zedong's quotations) were every where, ubiquitously. From the early hung black board, wore high paper hat parade, postured airplane, punched and kicked to laterly used real guns, bombs, grenades, attacked the forts, nationwide, in the mountains, by the rivers, inside and outside the Great Wall, the smoke of fighting was diffused everywhere.

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Due to his struggles and confusion as a child when it came to religion and knowledge, Zhou Enlai sympathized with the victims of the Cultural Revolution and hid many people from the Red Guard. The Red Guard consisted of students who answered Mao’s call for continuing revolution, Red Guards formed large groups that targeted political enemies for abuse and public humiliation. The Cultural Revolution also pitted gangs of armed youths against each other, and led to merciless attacks on formerly powerful intellectuals and politicians. Under a campaign to wipe out the “Four Olds” — ideas, customs, culture, habits — they carried out widespread destruction of historical sites, cultural relics, and educational systems. The universities were the first

Although the Cultural Revolution had a huge impact on all of the citizens of China, it seemed to affect the youth the most. The youth of China began to get involved after a speech by Lin Biao by 1965. It urged the students in schools and colleges to return to the basic principles of the CR. The Chinese youths quickly formed a group called the Red Guards early in the CR, which encouraged all the Chinese students to disapprove of whoever didn’t support Mao and his beliefs or anyone associated with Mao’s rival, Liu Shaoqi (Trueman). Schools and colleges were closed, and the students neglected their studies. While the Red Guards were very passionate about what they did, their enthusiasm nearly pushed China into social disorder. The economy was affected very badly, and almost driven to a near collapse (Busetto, Galduroz, and Satou). Food shortage was one of the main problems the economy caused. Also In some areas, the activities of the Red Guards got out of hand. They