Mao, Cultural Revolution Cast Long Shadow over China 50 Years On
The Communist Party honored Mao’s legacy while acknowledging the Cultural Revolution’s lasting political impact and the rise of Xi Jinping’s more centralized rule.
- On Wednesday, China marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic who died on September 9, 1976.
- While the Chinese Communist Party acknowledges the era of turmoil as a "mistake," official state media narratives still revere Mao as "a great proletarian revolutionary" for pioneering a new era.
- Admirers gathered in Shaoshan for ceremonies at Mao’s statue as part of state-promoted "red tourism," while other visitors in Beijing observed silence at the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall.
- President Xi Jinping has consolidated power by echoing Mao-era practices and enshrining his name in state ideology, despite his father, Xi Zhongxun, suffering persecution during the Cultural Revolution.
- Experts suggest Xi’s use of Maoist iconography aims to restore party zeal, though analysts question whether this approach will create pressure for future change in China.
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The father of popular China still appears on the bank notes, hangs on the rear-view mirror of motorists and dominates Tiananmen Square.
Today, China marked half a century since the death of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, who brought approximately a quarter of the world's population under the rule of the Communist Party and whose legacy continues to weigh on China's future, writes Reuters.
'Long live Chairman Mao': Supporters pay respects to founder of Communist China
Chairman Mao, the founder of the People's Republic, died on September 9, 1976, and his life and legacy was being commemorated fervently this week by those who still revere him as a visionary leader. As China grapples with a slowing economy, nostalgia is growing for Mao's egalitarian ideals, but his drastic policies are also blamed by historians for mass starvation and millions of deaths. Tourists -- many of them university students -- laid chrys…
Mao, Cultural Revolution cast long shadow over China 50 years on
BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday marked half a century since the death of Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic, who brought roughly a quarter of the world's population under Communist Party rule and whose spectre still haunts Chin...
The death of communist leader Mao Zedong, exactly fifty years ago on Wednesday, marked the beginning of the end of the Chinese Revolution....
China marks half a century since the death of Mao Zedong, while the legacy of the Cultural Revolution continues to strongly influence Xi Jinping's policies.
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