An insulting term for a child of a family belonging to one of the 5 black categories

An economic system with private ownership or property, free competition and business for profit.

The leader of China during the Cultural Revolution

The powerful top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party which actually rules the country

A system of classifying people by their economic situation or occupation

A member of the middle class; used to describe someone who enjoys and admires a capitalist life

An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the entire community

A person who actively fights against the Communist Party; seen as a public enemy

The social and political upheaval that overtook China from 1966-1976

The student chairman of the entire school

A form of propaganda in the shape of large hand written posters

Confinement without legal arrest

China's ruling political party, led by Chairman Mao

A child from a "black" family who is loyal to the Communist Party and rejects their family

The unethical use of someone else's labor for one's own profit

To meet with people from other regions to exchange the experience of the Cultural Revolution

The worst enemies; landlords, rich peasants, counter revolutionaries, criminals and rightists

Old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits

Information intended to promote a particular belief; ex: da-zi-bao

The national army of Communist China

A gathering in a workplace, neighborhood or school to study Chairman Mao's writings

The common name for a pocket-sized edition of Selected Quotations from the Writing of Mao

A member of the working class; farmer or factory worker

A semi formal organization of elementary students formed to imitate Red Guards

Against the Communist Revolution

Popular semi formal organization of high school and college students from red families, enforced

A group of students from the city sent to the country to work with farmers

A member of the Communist party who attempts to alter Communist ideals

A member of a conservative party who disagreed with the Communist Party

A meeting within a work unit to publicly criticize someone

A primary-school group including almost every child as first step to membership of Communist party

The symbolic color of Communism

A small meeting intended to change someone's behavior by studying Chairman Mao

Improve or correct one's beliefs; for people who made political mistakes

A central group appointed by the Communist Party to be in charge of school administration

Punishment for political errors

One who believes that each individual is more important than the group as a whole

The capital of China

The establishment of the Chinese Communist government in 1949 by Chairman Mao