A reupload of a classic history episode in the run up to our book club review of Serve the People! by Yan Lianke.

The first of 8 episodes covering the build up, events, and aftermath of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which took place in China from 1966 to 1976. In this episode we discuss what the Cultural Revolution was supposed to be, recap its principal causes, discuss the events that led to the declaration of the CR, and cover the formation and expansion of the Red Guards, Mao's children of the Revolution.

00:00: Introduction
4:23 - What was the Cultural Revolution?
15:45 - Events leading up to the Cultural Revolution
29:43 - The first stages of the Cultural Revolution
37:06 - The formation of the Red Guards
43:48 - Those of black class background join the Red Guards
46:56 - Outro

Some mispronunciations - I found that I mispronounced LUO Ruiqing as LIU Ruiqing, and HAI Rui as HA Rui a few times. My bad, Luo and Hai are the correct terms!

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