Red Guards
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Her desire for a global tabula rasa outstrips that of even the most fanatical Red Guards, who still dominate her mental landscape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Saturday’s marches of the Red Guards included huge columns of motorcycles, anti-tank rockets towed by tractors and civilian-style trucks equipped with multiple rocket launchers, according to KCNA’s text reports and photos.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
"We were taught to denounce our heritage, and Red Guards destroyed anything that is not communist…statues, books and anything else," she continued.
From Fox News ● Jun. 10, 2021
A lone person or a family struggles against an ominously exotic backdrop populated by Red Guards, famines and the Chinese gulag.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2019
“Your father thought of that too. Did you see the mop on the balcony? That’s our sign. If the Red Guards come, the mop won’t be there and I’ll know not to go in.”
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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