The Cultural Revolution

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The Cultural Revolution
Author : Richard Curt Kraus
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Publisher : OUP USA
Language : English
Release Date : 17 January 2012
ISBN : 9780199740550
Pages : 153 pages
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Examines the radical Chinese Communist movement called the Cultural Revolution, a period of suppression so controversial in China, that the Chinese government forbids a full investigation into it even 50 years later. Original.

The Cultural Revolution

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