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cultural revolution

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Noun

a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos

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Cultural Revolution Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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