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Mao Zedong

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · Beijing

The Chinese Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976 That Killed an Estimated 500,000 to 2 Million and Reshaped Chinese Society

Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in May 1966 to purge his Party rivals and reassert ideological authority. The mass-mobilization campaign ran for a decade until Mao's death on 9 September 1976. The death toll from political killing, suicide, and famine across the campaign is estimated at 500,000 to 2 million.

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · 38th Parallel, Korea

The North Korean Invasion Across the 38th Parallel at 04:00 on 25 June 1950 That Began the Three-Year Korean War

Approximately 75,000 troops of the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th Parallel at 04:00 on 25 June 1950 to attack the Republic of Korea. The three-year war that followed killed approximately 3 million Koreans, 36,000 American troops, and substantial numbers of Chinese troops. The 27 July 1953 armistice established the demilitarised zone that remains the Korean border today.

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · Yan'an, Shaanxi

The 9,000-Kilometre Communist Long March of October 1934 to October 1935 That Established Mao Zedong's Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party

Approximately 86,000 Chinese Communist soldiers and political workers broke out of the Nationalist encirclement of the Jiangxi Soviet on 16 October 1934 and began a 370-day, approximately 9,000-kilometre retreat across southern and western China to the Shaanxi base area. Approximately 8,000 reached Yan'an in October 1935. The march established Mao Zedong's leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.

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