Cultural Revolution evoked with China mass sentencing
Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2014 - Chinese officials sentenced eight criminals and paraded another 16 suspects in front of 5,000 spectators, prompting criticism by domestic media Thursday, which drew parallels with the bloodthirsty chaos of the Cultural Revolution. The public sentencing emerged as China's ruling Communist Party conclude a top-level meeting - known as the Fourth Plenum - which authorities previously said wou ... more

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