Part 2 of reuploading classic history episodes in the run up to our book club review of Serve the People! by Yan Lianke.

In this episode we talk about the violence that gripped the Chinese nation at the height of the Cultural Revolution. We discuss the difference between the brutality that took place in the cities, which was mainly perpetrated by Red Guards and affected culture as much as people, and the countryside, which pitted neighbour against neighbour.

Music clips are from "The East is Red" and "We Walk on the Great Road".

(Apparently I keep hitting my microphone throughout this episode, which is what that hollow sounding noise is.)

00:00 Clip from the song "The East Is Red"
00:18 Introduction
4:47 Red guards in the cities
9:10 The revolution in Shanghai
21:14 The revolution in the countryside
35:15 The impact of the violence on China and the Cultural Revolution
40:08 Outro

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