Cultural Revolution (may 1, 1966 – jan 1, 1976)
Description:
as many as two million people diedMao used Chinese masses to reassert control over the govt, after authority being lost due to the great famine
Driven in part by Mao's 2nd wife, Jiang Qing
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Date:
may 1, 1966
jan 1, 1976
~ 9 years and 8 months