Mao Also Closed Schools for 2 Years
A Political Ploy for Power
In a stunning instance of education turned towards indoctrination, Mao Zedong once shut down Chinese schools for over 2 years during the Cultural Revolution.
Sound familiar?
Move over, COVID-19; this is how you truly dismantle a nation's educational foundations.
While Mao's regime encouraged students to swap textbooks for gardening tools and head to the …
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