Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution created enormous dislocations in the Chinese economy and society.[...]During the Cultural Revolution I was exiled to Xincai County in Henan Province. There, 36 percent of the people starved to death in the early 1960s.

1990, Chen Yizi (陳一諮), quotee, Children of the Dragon: The Story of Tiananmen Square, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48

Li Xiaojiang was born in 1952 in Henan Province. She worked in the countryside for three years during the Cultural Revolution before being assigned a job as fitter and driver in a machine factory in Wuhan, Hebei^([sic – meaning Hubei]) Province.

我要属狼：中国当代女性文学选

1994, Diana B. Kingsbury, “The Authors”, in 金婉婷 [Diana B. Kingsbury], transl., I Wish I Were a Wolf: The New Voice in Chinese Women's Literature [我要属狼：中国当代女性文学选], 1st edition, Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 248

Liu’s person and his public meaning became completely estranged: the former was cut off from the instruments of policy and sequestered in his official residence at Chungnanhai, but the other “Liu” became the animating spirit of opposition against which the GPCR was waged, and indeed proved so dauntless and resourceful an opponent that he could be vanquished only after two years of fierce “struggle.”

[1998, Lowell Dittmer, Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5

Not until 1421, when all the temples and palaces necessary for the imperial ceremonies needed to reconcile Heaven and Earth had been built, did Emperor Yongle dare to make the great move. Beijing, the "Northern Capital" replaced Nanjing, the provisional "Southern Capital." The Heavenly Temple and the Altars of Earth, Moon and Sun, Nine Dragon Wall and Echo Wall, Drum Tower and Bell Tower all testify to the artistry of that era. Though damaged during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), they have since been restored and now once again evoke the wonder and admiration of visitors.

1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367, column 2

In China, theres^([sic – meaning there's]) a long tradition of using Cultural Revolution-style stock phrases to marginalize protest activities and those who engage in them. Unrest is predictably blamed on a small group of people with ulterior motives," "evil forces plotting behind the scenes," and "masses who don't know the truth."

2008 December 1, Sky Canaves, “A Rare Media Critique of the Chinese System from Within”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2023