The Cultural Revolution was bad, but it caused "only" 1-2M deaths. Probably a stronger comparison would be the earlier Great Leap Forward, with 20-50M deaths.

The Cultural Revolution was bad, but it caused "only" 1-2M deaths. Probably a stronger comparison would be the earlier Great Leap Forward, with 20-50M deaths. But, yes, both are far greater human rights violations than what is happening now in mainland China.