Wang Shiji, founder of the Defend Mao Zedong People's Party, speaks during an interview in Beijing, China, August 21, 2016. Picture taken August 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tears well up in Wang Shiji's eyes as he describes the first time he saw Mao Zedong, waving to a crowd of Red Guards in Beijing at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966 when Mao declared class war.
"It was then I decided to give my life to Chairman Mao," Wang, a former soldier, told Reuters. "I swore to live and die as a Red Guard and that is what I will always be."
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