Five red categories

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The five red categories ( Chinese 紅五類 / 红五类 ) were social classes that were given preferential treatment by the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution for ideological reasons. By order of the " Outstanding Leader " Mao Zedong, they enjoyed social privileges in contrast to those belonging to the " Five Black Categories ", who were widely politically persecuted or murdered. The five red categories include:

  • “Poor farmers” and lower middle class farmers (贫下中农)
  • Workforce (工人)
  • Revolutionary soldiers (革命 军人) of the People's Liberation Army .
  • Revolutionary Cadre (革命 干部)
  • Revolutionary “martyrs” (革命烈士), including immediate family members, children, grandchildren and other relatives of deceased members of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as People's Liberation Army personnel killed in military operations.

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