| |
| | cultural revolution - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com |
 | | For many of the 'intellectuals,' most of whom were recently graduated college students, this was in effect a kind of internal exile, and the conditions in which they were forced to labour were often harsh in the extreme; many deaths from malnutrition, overwork, and disease are reported. |
 | | On April 1, 1969, at the CCP's Ninth Congress, Lin was the big winner, officially becoming China's second in charge, and also holding military power. |
 | | With an expanding power base, in September 1978 Deng had already started to openly attack Hua Guofeng's "Two Whatevers." On December 18th, 1978, the Third Plenum of the Eleventh CCP Congress was held. |
| www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/cultural-revolution (5971 words) |
|