Tomorrow, May 16, is the 60th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution. I've written about how it shaped elite politics after Mao's death and the entire Xi family. Today I'm re-upping my recent piece on new findings about the origins of the Cultural Revolution.
chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/19/p...
A startling Chinese-language biography of Mao’s one-time enforcer reveals the folly of hoping that Party officials will break ranks — and the importance of revisionist histories.
