Frank Dikötter On The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 | Asia Society

Frank Dikötter On The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976

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HONG KONG, June 29, 2016 - In The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976, HKU humanities professor Frank Dikötter presented a horrific picture of the Cultural Revolution, and gave a devastating account of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party governance by drawing references to eyewitness accounts, newly available archival records and other sources.