January 1968Revolutionary CommitteesMao Zedong
Mao promotes revolutionary committees combining cadres, masses and soldiers as new local governments
Historical records for China in 1968, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Mao promotes revolutionary committees combining cadres, masses and soldiers as new local governments
Says China will not be invaded by Russia which is "saber rattling"
Implements nine-year compulsory education, extending the previous six-year system and broadening access to secondary schooling.
Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution
Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Communist Party as the main capitalist-roader target
Expelled from the CCP
Presides over a trial which finds Shaoqi guilty & expels him from the Party
Found guilty at a trial conducted by the Plenium of the Eighth Party Congress
Mao orders educated youth to go to the countryside and be re-educated by poor and lower-middle peasants
Kang Sheng supports campaigns to uncover alleged class enemies inside revolutionary organisations
Issues Directive no One for preparations against an attack by the Soviet Union
The Red Guard is disbanded after they fight each other in a civil war
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