From seminal movies to social movements, America is in the midst of marking 50-year anniversaries of revolutions in culture. China, conversely, has been quite quiet about noting the Cultural ...

Lafayette author Ying Chang Compestine understands that China’s Cultural Revolution might not be an obvious topic for an illustrated children’s book. But Compestine isn’t the first writer to ...

Linda Jaivin’s epic tale of China’s Cultural Revolution brings its players to life – and illustrates the massive scale of its ...

During the Cultural Revolution from 1966 until his death in 1976, Mao pushed to preserve communism and his own power by purging society of capitalism and traditional elements.

Similar moves by Mao ultimately led to the disastrous Cultural Revolution. Xi Jinping, while emulating Mao’s actions, fails to acknowledge the potential consequences.

Lasting roughly from 1966 to 1976, the Cultural Revolution was a period of enormous societal upheaval in China, as Communist Party leader Mao Zedong sought to restore ideological purity and a ...

Li Zhensheng documented the violent and tumultuous years of China’s Cultural Revolution, hiding thousands of images under his floorboards before sharing them with the world in the decades after ...

Echoes of the Cultural Revolution are reverberating throughout China today, with the Chinese government harking back to the past and placing curbs on many aspects of ideology and culture.

Mao started the Cultural Revolution to maintain absolute power and defeat his political rivals within the power structure, which lasted for 10 years (1966 to 1976).