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Charlie Hegarty: The ceaseless inferno of Maoist China

Porcelain figures depicting the Cultural Revolution on a stall in Beijing

Porcelain figures depicting the Cultural Revolution on a stall in Beijing (AP)

How beating a class enemy became a favourite pastime in the China of Chairman Mao

The Cultural Revolution
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