Episode 23 - THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION'S DARKEST HOUR (JUL-AUG 1968)
The Hundred Day War at Qinghua University continues to rage on. Reports of a massacre in Guangxi Province involving cannibalism reach Beijing. Mass killings of civilians is reported in rural Guangdong Province. Ideological splits begin appearing in factory and collective-level revolutionary committees. Mao calls a meeting with rebel leaders to put an end to the Red Guard movement completely. Can Mao save his Cultural Revolution, or is it too late?....