Jan 17, 2014 05:56 PM

Judgment Days

The opportunity to pin a Red Guard armband on Chairman Mao Zedong at a mass rally in Tiananmen Square made Song Binbin a hero in 1966

On August 18, 1966, members of the Red Guard gathered in Tiananmen Square for a rally that would set off a violent movement against so-called class enemies. Several members of the high school Red Guards would attain stardom on this day.

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