The Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8079774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Hyer (corresponding author), William R Heaton, William Heaton |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Pages | 114-128 |
| Publication date | 1968-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741000005634 |
| OpenAlex | W2027664418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
A significant aspect of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution has been to reveal the least stable areas of China geographically and politically. One of these is Inner Mongolia. Also, the events of the upheaval— in direct contradiction to the Maoist dictum that “the Party must always control the gun, the gun must never be allowed to control the Party”— have caused a breakdown in Party and Government authority and a shift to military control in many parts of China: administrative organs at provincial, municipal and local levels have been replaced by People's Liberation Army (PLA) directed “Revolutionary Committees.” In most areas of China, the political upheaval can be ascribed to a power struggle between the Party, Red Guards and other semi-organised groups. However, the Cultural Revolution in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region takes on added significance in that “local nationalism” among the Mongol national minority played an important role in the conflict between the established political structure and the efforts of the Maoists to “seize power
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2014 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |