Red Guards
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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
“The role of the military in the Cultural Revolution was much bigger than the Red Guards and lasted much longer,” Mr. Yu said.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2021
"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
“We really hate to let you go. But if the Red Guards found out, they would accuse us of exploiting working people.”
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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