In China, the nationalist movement took the form of a peasant uprising under the direct leadership of the Chinese Communist ... the countryside and built up “red armies” with the support ...

The Cultural Revolution began in 1966 when ... Press Images/Eyevine Swimmers reading Mao's 'Little Red Book' Mao mobilised thousands of Chinese youth to destroy the "four olds" in Chinese culture ...

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