Mao’s China · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Red August (1966)
Aug–Sep 1966 — In Beijing’s “Red August”, Red Guards beat teachers and “class enemies” to death. A count published in 1980 put the dead at 1,772; a later internal figure was far higher. Beginning on 27 August, local militia in suburban Daxing county killed 325 people from landlord families in a few days. Police had been told not to intervene.
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- Cultural Revolution (chapter 9 of Mao’s China)
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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