Why China still can’t make sense of the Cultural Revolution

by Kerry Brown

The Chinese Communist Party of the 21st century likes its history simple, its heroes and villains clear cut and its messages direct and unambiguous.

China’s Maoists still a force 50 years after the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution

Fifty years after Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong unleashed the decade-long Cultural Revolution to reassert his authority and revive his radical communist agenda, the spirit of modern China’s founder still exerts a powerful pull.

How Will China Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution?

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Authorities now see it as a dangerously chaotic period, and they attack other youthful protest movements as resembling the turmoil caused by the Red Guards.

The Cost of the Cultural Revolution, Fifty Years Later

by Evan Osnos

China today is in the midst of another political fever, in the form of an anti-corruption crackdown and a harsh stifling of dissenting views. But it should not be mistaken for a replay of the Cultural Revolution.