In 1966, the People’s Republic of China entered what became one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. 

In a spasm of revolutionary upheaval primarily led by students, almost everyone in the country, including high-ranking communist officials, was a potential target for public humiliation, denunciations, torture, and hard labor. 

The result was an entire generation of Chinese whose educations and careers were lost, and who vowed never to let political extremism run amok again.

Learn more about the Cultural Revolution, what caused it, and what its purpose was on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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