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China
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The Moderates (Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping) help with the peasants communes and efficient working
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China detonated its first atomic bomb
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Mao gains support from Lin Biao who controlled the army, giving Mao the power over the Peoples Liberation Army
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Under Maos advice, Lin Biao removes all ranks from the army, making all soldiers equal
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The Start of the Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
The CCP made the formal announcement that the Cultural revolution had begun -
From August to November, Mao recieved an estimated 11 million 'Red Guards' in Beijing
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Liu Shaoqi is dismissed from the CCP