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Encyclopedia > Down to the Countryside Movement

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  • A Girl Goes to Work in the Chinese Countryside During the Cultureal Revolution (1966-1978)

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Cultural Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (7068 words)
By 1964, the Socialist Education Movement had become the new "Four Cleanups Movement", with the stated goal of the cleansing of politics, economics, ideas, and organization.
In December 1968, Mao began the "Down to the Countryside Movement".
During the Cultural Revolution, young people from the cities were forcibly moved to the countryside, where they were forced to abandon all forms of standard education for the propaganda teachings of the Communist Party of China.
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Many urban youths from age 16 to age 19 were dispersed to the countryside where they were instructed to learn from the peasants.
Thousands of students received rudimentary medical training and went to the countryside as so-called barefoot doctors; they provided basic health care to peasants who otherwise had no access to medical facilities.
Their arrest was declared the official end of the movement, but it was not until 1981 that the Gang of Four were convicted for their crimes and the Communist Party leadership under Deng Xiaoping officially condemned the Cultural Revolution.
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