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Historical Resolution

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1981Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1981

Deng Xiaoping27 June 1981

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

The party adopts a historical resolution condemning the Cultural Revolution as a grave error

Hu Yaobang27 June 1981

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Hu Yaobang leads the party as it formally reassesses Mao's errors and the Cultural Revolution

Names involved

Deng XiaopingHu Yaobang

Provenance

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