THE COST OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF CHINA, FIFTY YEARS LATER by EVAN OSNOS

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THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, WHICH BEGAN FIFTY YEARS AGO NEXT WEEK, WAS BRUTAL ON A SCALE THAT CAN’T BE COMPARED WITH CHINA TODAY. BUT THERE ARE PARALLELS WORTH EXAMINING.

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