The only book they carried was a little red book. Propaganda posters and theatre all repeated the revolutionary line for change and reform. The emphasis was to get of the Four Olds; customs, cultures, habits, and ideas. Governments sets targets for people to reach, making it so that anybody was a target to be disciplined.

Theatre changed to uphold revolutionary propaganda and rid China of the Four Olds which exploited the masses.

Links to other pages under the section ‘Life in China 1964-66’

Life in Beijing in the 1960s

Stephen

First Students

Street Scenes

Places Visited

Beidahe

Wuhan Diary

Various travels 1970s & 80s