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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Red Guards |
| in Chinese history, politically active students of the Cultural Revolution (1966–69), who organized units to carry out Mao Zedong’s aim of rerevolutionizing Chinese society. As their numbers grew, the units engaged in factional struggles, and in 1968 Mao suppressed the movement. |
| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
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