Revolutionary Committees
Mao promotes revolutionary committees combining cadres, masses and soldiers as new local governments
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1968 in China
Explore 12 historical events and records for China in 1968.
Historical records for China in 1968
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January
August
Invasion of China
Says China will not be invaded by Russia which is "saber rattling"
September
Nine-Year Compulsory Education
Implements nine-year compulsory education, extending the previous six-year system and broadening access to secondary schooling.
October
Dismissal
Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution
Expulsion from Party
Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Communist Party as the main capitalist-roader target
Purge
Expelled from the CCP
Trial
Presides over a trial which finds Shaoqi guilty & expels him from the Party
Trial
Found guilty at a trial conducted by the Plenium of the Eighth Party Congress
December
Down to the Countryside
Mao orders educated youth to go to the countryside and be re-educated by poor and lower-middle peasants
Other events (month unknown)
Cleansing Class Ranks
Kang Sheng supports campaigns to uncover alleged class enemies inside revolutionary organisations
Invasion of China
Issues Directive no One for preparations against an attack by the Soviet Union
Red Guard
The Red Guard is disbanded after they fight each other in a civil war
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