red guards in English

noun
1
any of various radical or socialist groups, in particular a militant youth movement in China (1966–76) that carried out attacks on intellectuals and other disfavored groups as part of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.
It so happened that the wrath of the Red Guard was directed against ‘intellectuals,’ loosely defined as anyone who had any pretensions to learning.

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1. Kim in turn was denounced by Mao's Red Guards.

2. In January 1967, the Red Guards attacked the Soviet embassy in Beijing.

3. Red Guards attacked civilians, who were accused of being traitors to communism.

4. Many were driven to suicide or beaten to death by the Red Guards.

5. Although the Potala Palace was threatened, Premier Zhou Enlai intervened and restrained the Tibetan Red Guards.

6. They were all taken away by the Red Guards, broken one by one in the street.

7. In 1966, Wei joined the Red Guards as a 16-year-old student during the Cultural Revolution.

8. During the Cultural Revolution, the temple and grounds suffered some damage at the hands of Red Guards.

9. 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.

10. Having halted classes and toppled school administrations, the Red Guards then turned to enemies of the revolution in broader society.

11. These quotes directly from Mao led to other actions by the Red Guards in the views of other Maoist leaders.

12. Unable to stand the persecution of the Red Guards, he committed suicide at home on August 31, 1966, in Beijing.

13. His wife, Hu Ming, was abducted by Red Guards in Guangzhou, and was either beaten to death or committed suicide.

14. He was forced to go to struggle sessions by the Red Guards and died of a heart attack in 1968.

15. During the Cultural Revolution she became a target for attack by the Red Guards because she used to be Puyi's concubine.

16. During the Cultural Revolution he came under attack by the Red Guards for being a former nationalist commander and died of a heart attack in 1968.

17. Mao Zedong started the Cultural Revolution in 1966, and the youth militia known as the Red Guards saw Puyi, who symbolised Imperial China, as an easy target.

18. The movement spread and Mao ordered that the Red Guards be given free rides on trains and room and board across the country to spread the revolution.

19. A civil war between the Finnish Red Guards and the White Guard ensued a few months later, with the Whites gaining the upper hand during the springtime of 1918.

20. After the 18 August rally, the Cultural Revolution Group directed the Red Guards to attack the 'Four Olds' of Chinese society (old customs, old culture, old habits and old ideas).

21. By the autumn of 1966, all city schools were shut down and over a million Red Guards from across the country gathered in Beijing for eight rallies in Tian'anmen Square with Mao.

22. In 1968, General Liao was forced into a struggle session by the Red Guards at the height of the Cultural Revolution, he died of a heart attack at the scene at age 62.

23. In 1968, Mao ordered the military to take control of government, universities and factories and had the Red Guards disband and leave the city for the countryside where they would "undergo reeducation from the peasants".

24. In both national politics and Chinese popular culture, Mao established himself as a demigod accountable to no one, purging any that he suspected of opposing him and directing the masses and Red Guards "to destroy virtually all state and party institutions".

25. Description, history and photos of Bishkek monuments: Dzerzhinsky, Victory Monument, The Theatre of Opera and Ballet, The Red Guards Memorial, Busts of prominent Kyrgyz politicians - Oak Park, Shabdan Ata Baatyr, Martyrs of the Revolution, Erkindik , Ala Too Square, The Official State Flagpole, Friendship Monument, Alley of the Heroes, Alexander Pushkin, Togolok Moldo