EVENT INFORMATION

16
Mei
1966

The Cultural Revolution begins, disrupting administration and production

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📅 16 Mei 1966 📍 China

The May 16 Circular launched a political campaign that targeted officials, intellectuals and institutions accused of revisionism. Political conflict soon disrupted schools, research, management and workplaces. While the economic model remained largely state-planned, turmoil weakened technical capacity and interrupted production. The campaign’s anti-elitist language resonated with real inequalities, yet violence and political persecution imposed immense social costs.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Mao Zedong

party officials

students and workers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Communist Party of China

schools

state enterprises