Little Red Book
Lin Biao promotes Quotations from Chairman Mao as a central symbol of loyalty
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1966 in China — Page 2
Explore 60 historical events and records for China in 1966.
Historical records for China in 1966
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October
November
Cultural Revolution
Jiang Qing promotes radical cultural politics and becomes a central Cultural Revolution figure
December
Down to the Countryside
Mao calls for educated youth to learn from workers, peasants and soldiers
Other events (month unknown)
Alliance China and Vietnam
Proposes sending Chinese armies into Vietnam against the United States
Arrest of Deng Xiaoping
Held under house arrest in Nanjing
Attack on Liu Shaoqi
Qi Benyu writes attacks that help direct criticism toward Liu Shaoqi
CCRC
Composed of Maos allies & his wife, Jiang Qing
Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement
Promotes the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement in Taiwan as an ideological and cultural response to the Cultural Revolution on the mainland.
Coup
Factional rivalry results in overthrow of the Communist Party hierarchy
Cultural Revolution
Liu Shaoqi is targeted as a capitalist roader during the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
Hu Yaobang is attacked and sidelined during the Cultural Revolution as a suspected capitalist roader
Cultural Revolution
Political leaders and intellectuals are publicly humiliated as Mao calls for attacks on bourgeois influence
Cultural Revolution Government Continuity
Works to keep central ministries, transport and foreign affairs functioning during the early Cultural Revolution.
Death of Li Lisan
Death of Li Lisan, executed
Demands that the Friendship Highway be used to supply Vietcong bases
Demands that the Friendship Highway be used to supply Vietcong bases. Demands Kampuchea let Vietcong supplies land in Sihanoukville
Mao Cult
Lin Biao helps elevate Mao's quotations and personality cult during the early Cultural Revolution
Purge
Purged because of his opposition to the "great leap forward"
Radical Propaganda
Wang Li becomes one of the most radical propagandists inside the Cultural Revolution Group
Temple Attacks
Red Guards attack religious sites and cultural relics during the campaign against the Four Olds
Vice Chairman
Appointed Vice Chairman of the Communist Party
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