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In 1966, the youth movement known as the Red Guards was mobilised in China. Saul Yeung was one of them. Via Kent College History 
Kent College History's curator insight,
November 2, 2016 4:42 PM
'Saul Yeung was a member of the Red Guards. He spoke to Witness about his memories of that time and the guilt he still carries.'
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Kent College History's curator insight,
July 17, 2016 3:01 AM
'Believing that current Communist leaders were taking the party, and China itself, in the wrong direction, Mao called on the nation’s youth to purge the “impure” elements of Chinese society and revive the revolutionary spirit that had led to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier and the formation of the People’s Republic of China.'
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'China's Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao was one of the most staggeringly brutal events in recent human history. Tom and Dominic are joined by historian Rana Mitter, who specialises in the history of Republican China.'