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Ep. 88 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 6)

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Ep. 88 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 6)

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In this episode we finish off 1969, a year that not only saw internal revolt and anarchy but also saw armed border confrontation with the Soviet Union in the freezing northeast. Chairman Mao Zedong pulls out all the stops to quell the violence and rebellion that he himself called for at the outset of the continue reading >>

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Jun 19, 2012

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