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Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution

2020/8/11
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Michael Lynch
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Zheng Cheng
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Paul McGann: 本集探讨了毛泽东的文化大革命,以及他个人生活中的奢靡和权力斗争。 Chung Chang: 详细描述了刘少奇挑战毛泽东的事件,以及毛泽东对刘少奇的报复。 Frank de Cotta: 分析了文化大革命期间的政治恐怖和对民众的控制。 Michael Lynch: 从历史学家的角度分析了毛泽东的性格和动机,以及文化大革命的破坏性影响。 Jonathan Clements: 探讨了毛泽东的思想和文化政策,以及文化大革命对中国文化的影响。 Zheng Cheng: 分享了她作为文化大革命亲历者的经历,以及她对毛泽东的评价。 Paul McGann: 本集探讨了毛泽东的文化大革命,以及他个人生活中的奢靡和权力斗争,揭示了毛泽东的残暴统治和对中国人民造成的巨大伤害。 Chung Chang: 详细描述了刘少奇挑战毛泽东的事件,以及毛泽东如何利用权力和宣传机器来摧毁刘少奇的名誉和生命,展现了毛泽东的阴险和残忍。 Frank de Cotta: 分析了文化大革命期间的政治恐怖和对民众的控制,指出几乎所有行为和言论都可能被定为反革命罪行,揭示了文化大革命对社会造成的巨大破坏。 Michael Lynch: 从历史学家的角度分析了毛泽东的性格和动机,以及文化大革命的破坏性影响,指出毛泽东的偏执和对权力的渴望是发动文化大革命的主要原因。 Jonathan Clements: 探讨了毛泽东的思想和文化政策,以及文化大革命对中国文化的影响,指出毛泽东试图清除西方文化的影响,并建立一种符合他理想的文化。 Zheng Cheng: 分享了她作为文化大革命亲历者的经历,以及她对毛泽东的评价,揭示了文化大革命对个人和社会造成的深远影响,以及她对毛泽东的强烈谴责。

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Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution aimed to purge bourgeois thoughts from the minds of the Chinese population, leading to widespread chaos and violence as Red Guards were mobilized to enforce Mao's ideals.

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Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ sets out to purge the minds of an entire population. Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader himself leads a life of debauchery and excess - as his former doctor remembers. The Chairman seems invincible. But as his health deteriorates, his legacy is anything but assured. Eyewitnesses to his brutality reflect on what Mao means to China today, more than 40 years after his death.

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