Liu Shaoqi16 May 1966
Liu Shaoqi becomes a principal target as the Cultural Revolution turns against the party establishment
China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Liu Shaoqi becomes a principal target as the Cultural Revolution turns against the party establishment
Deng Xiaoping is soon drawn into the attack on senior party leaders after the May 16 Notification
Mao authorises the May 16 Notification warning that bourgeois representatives have infiltrated the party
Mao launches the Cultural Revolution through the May 16 Notification against alleged bourgeois elements in the party
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