On This Day May 16

Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China launched the Cultural Revolution on May 16, 1966. Officially it was a campaign to rid China of its liberal bourgeois elements and to continue the revolutionary class struggle. However, Mao knew nothing about economics and his cultural revolution led to much destruction of property, the loss of skilled manpower (many scientists and engineers were put in jail or sent to work on the farms), managerial expertise and lower productivity.

Cultural Revolution propaganda poster. Wikipedia

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