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The Impact of the Cultural Revolution in China on the Mongolians of Inner Mongolia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

David Sneath
David Sneath
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Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge
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A number of papers have been written in the west on the subject of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia. Hyer and Heaton's (1968) account of the period in the China Quarterly deals with events up until 1968, and relies heavily upon an analysis of the news reports broadcast by Radio Inner Mongolia at that time. The paper focuses upon the fate of Ulanhu, the Chairman of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region who fell from power during the Cultural Revolution. Hyer and Heaton are concerned primarily with the power struggles within the political apparatus, and they include no first-hand or eyewitness accounts. The paper gives no indication of the effects of the Cultural Revolution upon the great bulk of the population of the I.M.A.R., either Mongolian or Han Chinese. However, the article does carefully document the rapidly changing tide of Inner Mongolian government policy and the emergence of populist groups which challenged the political establishment, over the period 1965 to 1968.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 409 - 430
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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