Publisher's Synopsis
This is Topic 5 of the Selected topics from the book entitled "The Revival of China." The full book is about the revival of China in the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. This topic is about the Great Cultural Revolution. The topic book describes the differences and conflicts between MAO Ze-dong and LIU Shao-qi before the Great Cultural Revolution, which were the cause of the Cultural Revolution. Then the book covers events happened during the Great Cultural Revolution, including: the start of the Great Cultural Revolution; Critique on the LIU-DENG Road; the Red Guards; seize power in provinces; some struggles against the Great Cuoltural Revolution; MAO's hitting on some extreme leftists; the situations of LIU, DENG and TAO; the formation of the LIN Biao Group; another Lushan Meeting in the year of 1970; LIN Biao fled; Liberation of veteran cadres; and Who to succeed. The last part of the book describes the subsequent stories after the Great Cultural Revolution: HUA Gang-feng's smash on the Gang of Four; and HU Yao-bang's vindication of injustice, false and wrong cases.
