Chapter
Beginning of the Cultural Revolution
Permanent demonstrations and a mass trial
First appearance of the Red Guard
Resistance to the Red Guard
Degradation of President Liu Shao-ch'i
2. Rise of the Red Guard: Summer 1966
First appearance of the Red Guard
Resistance to the Red Guard
Degradation of President Liu Shao-ch'i
3. The Chairman and the Masses: Autumn 1966
The hunt for revisionists
Ideological justification of the Cultural Revolution
Departure of the Red Guards
The fall of T'ao Chu, head of propaganda
Chiang Ch'ing defines the cultural policy
4. The January Revolution and its Consequences: Winter and Spring 1967
Humiliation of the revisionists; the criticism of Liu Shao-ch'i
Mao Tse-tung calls on the army; the criticism of General Lo Jui-ch'ing
Did the revisionists plan a coup d'état?
Lung, the Committee for United Action and other resistance to the Cultural Revolution
Conflict with the Soviet Union
Attempts towards stabilisation
Further ideological justification; a parallel with the Boxer rebellion
Activities of the extreme Left
5. Journey to Shansi: May 1967
The production brigade Tachai
6. A Long Hot Summer: Summer 1967
Honan, Inner Mongolia, Sinkiang and other provinces
The seaside resort of Peitaiho
The extreme Left in a tight corner
Incidents in Shanghai, Canton and elsewhere
The position of Mao Tse-tung and Liu Shao-ch'i
Beginning of normalisation under Chou En-lai
7. Stabilisation: Autumn 1967 - Spring 1969
The seamy side of the revolution
Final stage of the Cultural Revolution
The twelth session of the Central Committee and the Ninth Party Congress
8. Balance Sheet of the Cultural Revolution
2. Rise of the Red Guard: Summer 1966
Why was the Cultural Revolution necessary?
Nationalism or communism?
Export of the revolution and the border conflict with the Soviet Union
Was the Cultural Revolution a success?