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Design: CeMEAS
China in 1968
From the Red Guard Movement to the Sent Down Youth Movement
Prof. Jin Guangyao
Department of History, Fudan University
2016 is the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution. In order to launch
the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong mobilized the Red Guard (young
students) to rebel against the class enemy, therefore the Red Guard played a
vanguard role in the Cultural Revolution. In 1968, however, Mao ended the
Red Guard movement and sent young students down to the countryside. This
talk tries to discuss why Mao changed his attitude towards the Red Guard,
how the Red Guard reacted to Mao’s policy, and what influence the Sent
Down Youth movement had on the Red Guard generation.
LECTURE
Wednesday, April 20, 2016  5 pm (c.t.) KWZ 0.701
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14
D - 37073 Göttingen
Phone: +49 551 39 21280
www.cemeas.dede
Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Humboldtallee 32
D - 37073 Göttingen
Phone: +49 551 39 21647
www.aki-goettingen.de