Mao Zedong Buy this book at B&N.com Jasper Becker's 1997 study, "Hungry Ghosts," unearthed new evidence about famines caused by the Great Leap Forward between 1958 and 1962, in which up to 30 million people may have died. University of Chicago professor Dali Yang follows the effects of th...
Gang of Four, the most powerful members of a radical political elite convicted for implementing the harsh policies directed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). The group included Mao’s third wi
Red GuardsA Chinese elementary-school textbook shows a group of Red Guards. Red Guards were young people who supported Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. Chinese political movement Print Also known as: Hongweibing, Hung-wei-ping Written and fact-checked by ...