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moe75
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How did the young people respond when Mao Zedong sought their support?

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Posted by moe75 on Wednesday March 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM and tagged with from, history, mao ze dong, people, respond, seeked support, them, young.

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  1. kodasport
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    The young people of China during the 1966 cultural revolution responded by supporting his attempts.  Many Chinese young people supported Mao by forming the Red Guards.  These young people sought out the educated and intellectuals in cities of China and took them to the rural areas for labor in prison camps.  In general the young people of China supported the idea of a cult of personality that would not favor "bourgeois" ideals.  The young people of China were determined to rid society of these liberal thinkers and worked to establish true Socialists conditions.

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    Posted by kodasport on Friday October 16, 2009 at 12:59 PM