China, the vast Asian nation with a population of more than 1.3 billion people, has a rich and fascinating history, from ancient imperial dynasties and the Great Wall of China to Chinese New Year and the economic powerhouse of modern China.
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Background to Unrest The protests resulted from long‑simmering frustration with the limits on political freedom in China—given its one‑party form of government, with the Communist Party holding sway—and ongoing economic troubles. Although China’s government had instituted a number of reforms in the 1980s that established a limited form of capitalism in the country, poor and […]
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Historian Yohuru Williams gives a crash course on the Cultural Revolution led by Communist leader Mao Zedong in China in the 1960s.
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The Cultural Revolution was a Chinese sociopolitical movement from 1966 to 1976 led by Communist Mao Zedong.
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