Red Guard’s Darkest Legacy: Song Binbin, the Face of China’s Violent Past, Passes Away in the US
- symbol of the Red Guard, on his arm."> Song Binbin (left), a Red Guard icon, met Chairman Mao Zedaphone during the Cultural Revolution and gave him a red...
- Song Binbin (77), a symbolic figure of a million Red Guards during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), died of chronic illness in New York, USA on the 16th (local...
- Song Binbin was the daughter of Song Renchong, a senior member of the New China Revolution.
Song Binbin, Symbol of China’s Red Guard, Dies in the United States
symbol of the Red Guard, on his arm.”>
Song Binbin (left), a Red Guard icon, met Chairman Mao Zedaphone during the Cultural Revolution and gave him a red armband, a symbol of the Red Guard, on his arm. The photo on the right shows Song Binbin when he was alive. Photo source: Xin Jinbo
Song Binbin (77), a symbolic figure of a million Red Guards during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), died of chronic illness in New York, USA on the 16th (local time).
Song Binbin was the daughter of Song Renchong, a senior member of the New China Revolution. At the age of 19, as a student, he first spread a poster with the message, ‘Let’s attack teachers.’ This event marked the beginning of the violent movement against teachers and intellectuals during the Cultural Revolution.
In a meeting held on August 18, 1966, Song Binbin ascended the Tiananmen Tower as a representative of the Red Guards and received a meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong. Chairman Mao asked Song Binbin, “Is the name ‘Bin’ in Bin Wen Zhi Binbin (文質彬