The Making of Modern China

Chinese Red Guards publicly parade their victims
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1966: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Chinese Red Guards publicly parade their victims, who wear dunce caps and signs proclaiming their crimes, through the streets of Beijing. The Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976 unleashed radicalized youth against so-called antirevolutionary groups who protested Mao's policies. This photo's date is unknown.

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