The impact of the Cultural Revolution

It is so important to step back and take stock of the impact of the Cultural Revolution, as well as to try and make sense of it. And China itself had to do this. With Mao’s death in 1976 and Deng Xiaoping effectively in control by the end of 1978, soon to be made ‘paramount leader’ (what a survivor!), China needed to put the whole affair in the rear-view mirror and move on. But it had some explaining to do before it could do that!

 

Intro and outro music curtesy of slip.stream:

https://slip.stream/tracks/58fb6726-c035-4d10-a8e8-eba70e5164ad