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The Orgins of the Cultural Revolution. Talks about how the Cultural Revolution in China came about. May need some grammatical work.
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The Origins of the Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was ideological and strongly political. It was developed by Mao Zedong to combat the reemergence of old patterns of bureaucratic arrogance and careerism, convinced that drastic measures were necessary to prevent the entrenchment of new vested interests in state and party. It was utopian in its aims, but disastrous in its results. While many people do not see any origins or causes to the Cultural Revolution,
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ten years of China's history that seemed to have no cause at all.
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