The Purge of the Inner Mongolian People's Party in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1967–69: A Function of Language, Power and ViolenceDuring the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1967 to 1969, some 16,000 Mongolians died and over a quarter of a million suffered injury during the purge of what was claimed to be a separatist party in the Inner Mongolian region. This study looks at the purge through an analysis of the voices found in contemporary documents – those of Red Guard groups, local leaders felled during the campaign, and the new leaders put in place by the central government in Beijing. At the heart of this was the struggle for domination by a central government asserting national unity, opposed to any expression of local particularities in Inner Mongolia. The author examines the discourse strategies by which central government attempted to impose total control , asserting a dominant ideology and narrative based on Marxism-Leninism. The volume offers a unique insight into the relationship between language and culture of political power in modern China, at a time of crisis and violence. |
Contents
The Case of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia 1967 to1969 | 1 |
The Centre Speaks with the Region 1967 | 33 |
The Campaign Against the Local Party Leader Ulanfu 1967 to 1968 | 62 |
The Voice of Comrade Teng Haiqing 1967 to 1969 | 89 |
The Fall of Teng Haiqing 1969 | 115 |
Conclusion | 139 |
Appendix | 143 |
Bibliography | 149 |
Index | 160 |
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