A Son of the Cultural Revolution

A Son of the Cultural Revolution
Dominic Lipinski/Pool Photo via AP, File

Fifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China's Cultural Revolution – a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of power. Instead of reflecting on that movement's painful legacy, President Xi Jinping is applying its methods in his effort to secure absolute power.

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