China's Cultural Revolution at 40 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

40 years ago this month, China's legendary leader Mao Zedong launched China's Cultural Revolution. Reportedly begun as an effort to solidify revolutionary fervor in the young, the Cultural Revolution is best known worldwide because it started a period of killing that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. The anniversary won't be marked in China itself because of a government ban. We look at the history and myth of the Revolution and the role of propaganda in a rapidly changing China.