Remembering the Cultural Revolution

Today is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China. It is not being commemorated there. Still, there are many who remember:

"I can never forget what happened then," she said. "No-one can ever forget".

She wants China's ruling Communist Party to have a public inquiry. "Only when we can tell all the stories of that time, without censorship, only then will we know what happened and why it happened," she said.

But she will have to wait a long time. The Cultural Revolution was a disaster for the authorities - a time when they lost control of Chinese society. They have banned any public debate on the era.

See also the eyewitness accounts here and here. Note also this:

If you type the word "The Great Cultural Revolution" onto "Baidu," China's most popular search engine, you will get this warning: "Your search word could violate related laws."