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Context: Revolution

 Revolution is not a dinner party."
-Mao Zedong

"...After [The Great Leap Forward] happened, the other leaders pushed Mao aside... But...[Mao] wanted to be in charge, so he launched the Cultural Revolution as a way of getting himself back in charge. And in 1969, he was completely back in charge." -Arthur Waldron, Student Phone Interview (LEFT)


 The Cultural Revolution was [Mao's] way of hitting back at the Party establishment and establishing himself again as the Great Helmsman."
-Jonathan Fenby, Student Email Interview
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"Shown here are documents that marked the launching of the Cultural Revolution -- the 'May 16 Circular' and the 'Decision on the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution'." -china.org.cn (May 16, 1966) SOURCE: china.org.cn

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