The Cultural Revolution Still Haunts China’s Communist Party

Fifty years ago this week, the Cultural Revolution began with a sudden shift in power. China’s youth, raised to revere their teachers and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres, were abruptly told to overthrow them instead. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong urged students to “bombard the headquarters,” smoking out crypto-capitalists and spies who had wormed their way into the party and betrayed the revolution. “To rebel,” the chairman assured the young, “is justified.”

"The Cultural Revolution Still Haunts China’s Communist Party" is from foreignaffairs.com, published on May 17, 2016

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