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Red August

Red August (simplified Chinese: 红八月; traditional Chinese: 紅八月; pinyin: Hóng Bāyuè) is a term used to indicate a period of political violence and massacres in Beijing beginning in August 1966, during the Cultural Revolution. According to official statistics published in 1980 after the end of the Cultural Revolution, Red Guards in Beijing killed a total of…

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Location
Beijing, China
Attack type
Politicide, politically motivated violence
Date
1966 August – September 1966
Deaths
1,772–10,275 (deaths) 85,196 (families displaced)
Motive
Destruction of the "Four Olds (Old cultures, old customs, old habits and ideas) and Five Black Categories (Landlords, wealthy peasants, bad influences/elements and “right wingers”)
Native name
红八月

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related to Aftermath and influence · 21
Red August → August, Beijing, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing No, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Five Black Categories, For, Fu Lei, Guangzhou, High School, In Beijing, In Shanghai, Long Live Red Terror, Nanjing, On September, Red Guards, Red Terror, September, Shanghai, Shanghai Foreign Language School
related to Death toll · 13
Red August → According, August, Beijing, Changping, Daxing, Daxing District, Daxing Massacre, During, Even, November, Red Guards, September, The
has method · 3
Red August → During Red August, In, Red Guards
Attack type · 1
Red August → Politicide, politically motivated violence
Date · 1
Red August → 1966 August – September 1966
Deaths · 1
Red August → 1,772–10,275 (deaths) 85,196 (families displaced)
Location · 1
Red August → Beijing, China
Motive · 1
Red August → Destruction of the "Four Olds (Old cultures, old customs, old habits and ideas) and Five Black Categories (Landlords, wealthy peasants, bad influences/elements and “right wingers”)
Native name · 1
Red August → 红八月
Perpetrators · 1
Red August → Chinese Communist Party, Cultural Revolution Group (Chen Boda, Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, Yao Wenyuan, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Li, Xie Fuzhi) and student Red Guards incited by Mao Zedong

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Red AugustAttack typePoliticide, politically motivated violence1.00infobox
Red AugustDate1966 August – September 19661.00infobox
Red AugustDeaths1,772–10,275 (deaths) 85,196 (families displaced)1.00infobox
Red AugustLocationBeijing, China1.00infobox
Red AugustMotiveDestruction of the "Four Olds (Old cultures, old customs, old habits and ideas) and Five Black Categories (Landlords, wealthy peasants, bad influences/elements and “right wingers”)1.00infobox
Red AugustNative name红八月1.00infobox
Red AugustPerpetratorsChinese Communist Party, Cultural Revolution Group (Chen Boda, Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, Yao Wenyuan, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Li, Xie Fuzhi) and student Red Guards incited by Mao Zedong1.00infobox
Red AugustTargetTeachers, intellectuals, members of the "Five Black Categories" (Landlords, wealthy peasants, bad influences/elements and right wingers), local political leaders and perceived p…1.00infobox
Red AugustVictimslandlords, property owners, political dissidents, “class enemies”1.00infobox
Daxinginstance ofsome researchers disagree and argue that the number of deaths in rural districts0.80text
Changping were not counted in the municipal data of Beijinginstance ofsome researchers disagree and argue that the number of deaths in rural districts0.80text
Red Augusthas methodDuring Red August0.60section

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