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• n  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

• Cultural Revolution
• Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

News & Articles

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• Belly Dancing For The Dead: A Day With China's Top Mourner
  Banned during the Cultural Revolution, China's ancient funeral practices are re-emerging — but with new twists. One of China's most famous professional mourners creates modern funerals with Chinese characteristics — burning paper money, wailing and prostrating, karaoke eulogies and strobe lights.
  June 26, 2013 - NPR