What were the causes of violence in China’s Great Cultural Revolution?

Rhoden B asked: What were the causes of violence in the Great Cultural Revolution? Could violence similar to this happen in any society under the right conditions?

Marriage in China before and after the Great Cultural Revolution?

Xinro asked: Could someone provide me with information on how marriage worked in China before and after the Great Cultural Revolution, and the differences as well as reason for them? Links are fine as long as they’re from reputable sources.

how did mao actually start the cultural revolution?

sensitivelyambiguous asked: how did he actually spread the idea to the masses particularly in beijing? via speeches? via newspapers? how did the youths get to know about the cultural revolution, which eventually led to the formation of red guards.

What was the chinese cultural revolution?

Brainiac1986 asked: I’m trying to figure out if it was a period of time when china was beginning to modernize its culture, or revert back to traditional ways.
Could anyone explain some of the chinese culture during the cultural revolution as well?

What happened in the world in the time of the Cultural Revolution in China?

ThatOneGirl asked: My Chinese professor posed this quesiton to us. The Cultural Revolution in China occured in the 60s and 70s. Along with that, many other countries in the world experienced sweeping changes in social climate and policy. The question was: Why were all these events related- what was happening in the world at the [...]

During the Cultural Revolution how did the famine affect the output of the farmers?

Jennifer asked: During the 1958-1960 famine during the Cultural Revolution, how did it affect the production of steel, agriculture, etc. of the farmers?

Please help with history?

stihfee asked: 1.) Why did Mao start the Cultural Revolution?
He wanted to restore traditional Chinese culture.
He wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism.
He thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view [...]

Chinese history&& communism?

Carebear asked: I missed some days of reasearch and stuff at school. So i need to have some notes about:
-Chaing Kai Shek? Nationalism part?
-Japan Invasion
-Communism
a. great leap
b. cultural revolution
c.tiananmen square
I doubt many people know much about this information at the top of your head but if you know anything or have any websites i would [...]

a few history questions, someone please help?

kooltiffrocks asked: history is not my strongest subject, could someone possibly lead me in the right direction to the right answer, or help me in some way. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
North Korean economic growth over the past four decades has been hindered by
A frequent changes in political leadership.
B the repressive [...]

L@@K..(you know you want to!).History help?

♥skinnyjeans♥ asked: 1. When Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, he wanted to rid China of all of the following except
a. capitalism
b. Western influence
c. traditional Chinese culture
d. the Red Guard
2. Before Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959,
a. there had been many political conflicts between Cuba [...]

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