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Mao's 1969 Ninth Congress: The Cultural Revolution's Bloody Peak

Mao's 1969 Ninth Congress: The Cultural Revolution's Bloody Peak

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In April 1969, the Chinese Communist Party convened its Ninth National Congress in Beijing, the first since the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. This episode takes you inside the Great Hall of the People for that ten-day gathering, where Mao Zedong, Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, Zhou Enlai, and a newly purged Central Committee reshaped the party's power structure. We examine the Congress's rewriting of the party constitution to enshrine Lin Biao as Mao's 'close comrade in arms and successor,' the expulsion of nearly all pre-Cultural Revolution leaders like Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, and the adoption of the 'theory of continuing revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat.' We also explore the bizarre display of Mao's 'little red book' as a near-sacred object, the choreographed mass recitations, and the propaganda blitz that preceded the Congress. Drawing on memoirs, official documents, and archival footage, we ask: Was this the moment the Cultural Revolution institutionalized itself, or the beginning of its unraveling? #MaoZedong #NinthCongress #CulturalRevolution #LinBiao #JiangQing #ZhouEnlai #LiuShaoqi #DengXiaoping #LittleRedBook #CPC #Beijing #GreatHallOfThePeople #1969 #ContinuingRevolution #ChinaHistory #EastAsia #ColdWar #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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