Youths sent to the countryside

Mao Zedong declared urban youth would be sent to mountainous areas or farming villages in order to learn from the workers and farmers there. It is estimated that some 16 million urban Chinese youth were exiled to work in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. They were China's "lost generation."
Youths "sent down" travel on a rural road in Anhui Province. 1975.
Youths "sent down" travel on a rural road in Anhui Province. 1975.
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