“The ‘Cultural Revolution’ was an event started wrongly by the leader… and brought severe catastrophe to the Party, country, and ethnic peoples, creating comprehensive and severe damage,” an opinion column in the state media outlet People’s Daily said on Tuesday. The column came a day after the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. ALSO ON HKFP … Continue reading The Cultural Revolution was a ‘mistake’ by Mao, state media column says