China Likely Will Never Open All Files On Painful Past, Official Says -- Reuters
(Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party will likely never open all the files on its recent painful past, including the Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward, and sees no need to reassess those periods, a senior party historian said on Monday.
The 1958-1961 Great Leap Forward, when millions starved to death in Mao Zedong's botched industrialization campaign, and the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution are two of modern China's most sensitive historical events.
During the Cultural Revolution, children turned on parents and students on teachers after Mao declared class war, convulsing the country in chaos and violence.
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My Comment: Nothing is forever. These files will be open one day .... all of them .... but not for the next few decades .... if longer.
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Love China, especially their way with language; Gang of Four, Long Nosed Viper, White Boned Demon, Great Leap Forward, etc, and who and what was Lin Biao? Let a thousand flowers bloom. Ah, new comments criteria I see.
If they opened up all the files, the CCP would be lynched.
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