known as the Cultural Revolution. Mao had always been a firm believer in continuous revolution; a permanent struggle. This movement began as a result of him feeling that his power and authority was diminishing. The revolution entailed the purging of China of all influences of the west. All western ideals and objects were denounced. This was an attempt to turn the clock back and hence remove and traces of western culture to enable the Chinese to follow their own culture. To further implement this plan of continuos conflict he gave supreme power to young people(they were known as the red guards, and the " thoughts of Mao" was their bible), he e
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