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Sixteen Points

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

2Records
1966Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1966

Lin Biao8 August 1966

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Lin Biao supports the Sixteen Points decision that legitimises mass rebellion

Mao Zedong8 August 1966

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

The party adopts the Sixteen Points, defining the programme of the Cultural Revolution

Names involved

Lin BiaoMao Zedong

Provenance

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