Victims of Struggle Sessions
Ever since the Communist notion of class enemies (階级敌人) was introduced into China, terminologies such as Capitalist roader, Counter revolutionary, and running dog of the imperialist petty bourgeoisie were a part of the public discourse of revolution, acts of vigilante justice enacted by citizens and, for at least the first few years, including the peoples army. Millions of ordinary Chinese were executed under these accusations. Mao Zedong then turned these weapons on his own comrades as leaders began to regret the loss of law and order that seemed to be destroying their previous way of life.
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Famous quotes containing the words victims of, victims and/or struggle:
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