Red Guards Reeducated by Peasants in China
Mao used the Red Guards to destabilize rivals then ordered them sent to rural areas for reeducation. The 1968 move aimed to defuse power, transform youth into cultured proletarians, and shift momentum from cities to countryside amid a broader cultural revolution.
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