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The current CCP consists of those who pushed back against the excesses of the cultural revolution - I think you get much less scrutiny for criticising than cele
by pasabagi 6y ago
The current CCP consists of those who pushed back against the excesses of the cultural revolution - I think you get much less scrutiny for criticising than celebrating this part of Mao's legacy - I know of one instance where somebody was arrested for making a big-character poster with 'the cultural revolution was good', for instance.
- baybal2 6y ago> The current CCP consists of those who pushed back against the excesses of the cultural revolution No... At maximum, "cultural revolutionaries" were just silenced for one generation.
- pasabagi 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping#Early_life_and_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping#Early_life_and_educ... The bit where his sister committed suicide during the cultural revolution jumps out as sort of character forming, but in more general terms, do you have any chinese party sources praising the cultural revolution? The closest I can think of is the now vanished Bo Xilai.
- Elaine-H 6y agoYes or no, Deng was obviously against the Cultural Revolution, but Xi isn't so. Evidence: "The Two 'Cannot Negates'" - In English: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00094609.2016.1241101?journalCode=mclg20 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00094609.2016.12... - In Chinese: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%90%A6%E5%AE%9A https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E4%B8%8D%E8...