Guangxi Massacre
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The Guangxi Massacre comprised a series of lynchings and massacres in the Chinese province of Guangxi between 1967 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution. The official record from the 1983 investiga
General Wei Guoqing, Chairman of Guangxi at the time of the massacre
Huang Yongsheng, head of the Guangzhou Military Region at the time of the massacre
During the Boluan Fanzheng period, Hu Yaobang sent several teams to Guangxi to investigate the massacres.
Wuxuan County of Guangxi, where cannibalism was prevalent during the Cultural Revolution. The image shows the quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong on a street wall of Wuxuan.
During the Cultural Revolution, a Rebel Faction was a group or a sociopolitical movement that was self-proclaimed "rebellious". Composed of workers and students, they were often the more radical wing
Guangxi Massacre
…asking Wei to do self-criticism first. The "United Headquarters" was an example of the conservative faction while the "4.22" was an example of the rebel faction. Intense clashes including "violent struggles" and even massacres soon broke out between the two factions in rural regions of Guangxi. Even though the…
Rebel groups of Red Guards marching in Shanghai, 1967
Rebel workers at Harbin Forestry Machinery Factory, 1967