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How Did a Swim Cause the Cultural Revolution?

Jakob Shen and Harry Lee

What caused the Chinese Cultural Revolution to start? Was it, chairmen Mao swimming or was it because of the Great Leap? This video goes through four main events which are, ‘The Great Leap (1958 to 1962), The Red Guards (1966 to 1967), The Power Struggle (1968 to 1971), and Mao’s Death. (1972 to 1976).’  These events will explain how the revolution started, incidents that happened, and how the revolution ended.

3 Comments

  1. I learnt that Mao’s solution for agricultural shortage was to kill all sparrows.
    I really liked how you described the relationships between people such as Mao and Deng Xiao Ping
    I liked how you used images taken at these events so the viewers could better picture the situation.

  2. The speaking was clear and at a good speed and the photos were clear and easy to see. I learnt that Lin Biao died in a plane crash while trying to flee to Russia after Mao found out that Lin Biao wanted to overthrow him.

  3. The video was recorded at a good pace and it was easy for the audience to follow, very simple and clear and it was enjoyable, a bit of improvement is to change your voice pitch.

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