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The Cultural Revolution was one of the biggest man made disaster in history. countless historical relics were destroyed, age old traditions weakened or forgotten, millions of people victimized by the red guards, and ruined the economy. not only did the Cultural revolution hurt China domestically it also had a huge impact on the international stage. China was North Korea in the 60s and 70s, diplomatically isolated, its people oblivious to the outside world and the world basically was appalled by what was happening in China.

What if the man behind this, Mao was purged before he could start the revolution and instead replaced by Liu Shao Qi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Shaoqi).
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