On August 18, 1966, more than 1 million young people marched into the center of Beijing. They had come to answer the call of the country’s leader, Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Mao had just launched the Cultural Revolution in China, an attack on anyone who seemed to be betraying communist ideals. The young people who came to Beijing carried Maos violent message throughout the land. During the next three years, the Cultural Revolution brought chaos and bloodshed all around China.

 

• ISBN: 9780756534837
• Author: Langley, Andrew
• Published: 2008 , Compass Point Books
• Themes: Chairman Mao, chaos, cultural revolution, History
• Descriptors: China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction
• No. of pages: 50