Red August
Massacre
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Red August is a term used to indicate a period of political violence and massacres in Beijing beginning in August 1966, during the Cultural Revolution. Wikipedia
Start date: August 18, 1966
Location: Beijing
Deaths: 10,275 (deaths); 85,196 (families displaced)
End date: September 1966
Victims: landlords, property owners, political dissidents, “class enemies”
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