Question

Mao zedong launched the cultural revolution because he believed that

Answer 1

A. Communism

The Cultural Revolution set back China’s modernization because Mao believed that Communism was more important.

Answer 2

He believed that China was poisoned by old ways and traditions which had ruined it through its impurities and he urged the youth to accept this new modernized look on life which completely revolutionized culture in the land. Numerous cultural practices were even forbidden by law as they were seen as backwards.