Political factions gather to learn Mao Zedong Thought in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in 1968. They vow to work towards the overall victory of the "great proletarian cultural revolution". Xiao Zhuang
![]() Youths travel to work on new farmland in Beidahuang, or "the virgin island of the North", Heilongjiang province, in 1968. Weng Naiqiang
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-- The second bridge spanning the Yangtze River opens to traffic in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province.
-- "Workers' propaganda teams" are dispatched to all educational institutions. The teams's "permanent leadership" of schools is announced.
-- Based on false charges, State Chairman Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Party and removed from all posts.
-- The People's Daily publishes Mao Zedong's directive for urban high school graduates to go to the countryside to receive "re-education".