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25 sie 2011 · The Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) was a historical tragedy launched by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It claimed the lives of several million people and inflicted cruel and inhuman treatments on hundreds of million people.
13 paź 2012 · A collection of rare photographs from China's Cultural Revolution is on display in London for the first time since they were hidden for safekeeping nearly 45 years ago.
The Guangxi Massacre (simplified Chinese: 广西大屠杀; traditional Chinese: 廣西大屠殺; pinyin: Guǎngxī dàtúshā) comprised a series of lynchings and massacres in the Chinese province of Guangxi between 1967 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976).
16 maj 2016 · Photographer Li Zhensheng had a unique view of China’s Cultural Revolution —a chaotic period of purging and punishment that began on May 16, 1966, and lasted in different phases until...
25 cze 2020 · Li Zhensheng documented the violent and tumultuous years of China’s Cultural Revolution, hiding thousands of images under his floorboards before sharing them with the world in the decades...
In 1958, Mao Zedong launched the Great Leap Forward. Eight years later, he announced the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Between those two events, of course, came the Great Chinese Famine, and historians now view all three as being 'great' in the same pejorative sense.
27 cze 2020 · This job came during one of the most brutal periods in China's history. The Cultural Revolution began in 1966 when Communist leader Mao Zedong began a campaign to eliminate his rivals.
