Mao Campaign Transforms Habits Across China
The essay chronicles Mao Zedong’s drive to reshape Chinese behavior and society from 1949 onward. It highlights mass campaigns to abolish class distinctions, mobilize peasants and workers, and elevate labor to a respected ideal, with echoes of Confucian tradition guiding but Mao redefining Chinese history and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mao
China
Tokyo
Chekiang Province
Revolutionary Committee
Mao Tsetung
Chou En-lai
United
Confucius
Last American POW Returns From Vietnam After 31 Years
Captain Robert T. White, the last American POW freed in Vietnam, has a slight malaria case delaying his US return. He arrived at Clark Field in the Philippines after a three day trip, rested on arrival, undergoes medical checks, and spoke of enthusiastic hospital staff and outstanding food. He was freed at Xom Tieu, 75 miles south of Saigon, after about 31 years in Viet Cong captivity.
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China
United States
Mao
Lin Piao
Russia
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Vietnam
Robert T. White
White
Newport News
Clark Field
South Vietnam
Xom Tieu
Saigon
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John Roderick
Yenan
Washington
Marx
Engels
Lenin
Stalin
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Europe
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of Korea
Southeast Asia
Air Force
Louis H. Bernasconi
Napa
Calif
Travis Afb
Clark Afb
Bernasconi
U.S
Katherine
Maria Easley
Fred
Lawton
Ferris
AAA Glass CO
Central Air Distributors, Inc
S. Sheridan Rd
Ward 5
Whit Ozier
Waurika Water
Darold English
Treas
Oklahoma Association Insurance Agents
Oklahoma
Jolene Arpeggios
Adore
Andrew Geller
Delmer
Debs
Porto-Peds
Fortune
Johnnie Walker
Daiglass
Famous Brands Shoes
D. Ave
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