Counterrevolutionaries

Counterrevolutionaries were people who either did not like the ideology of Maoism or people who simply came from a high-class status and educated scholars or people who believed in religious beliefs such as missionaries. These people were considered "counterrevolutionaries." Counterrevolutionaries were also people who stood up for what was right and found that Mao's sayings and his principle would not really work, but however, since the propaganda that Kang and Mao had used made people think in a one way perspective, most people believed in Mao. People who stood up for a different belief were denounced, and people whose family come from a landlord family were also denounced for their actions. Surprisingly, there were many who did absolutely nothing and were punished in front of the public.

Also, what was surprising according to Qianwei Tan was that, "If you did not carry your Red Book, it was as if you were disobeying Mao." It was very true because when a student forgot their Red Book while in school, the other students would start accusing you for not being loyal to Mao. Even politicians were attacked by being called, "Counterrevolutionary" and some sent to exile and some into Labor camps. People who were against Mao's ideas who spoke up were often denounced by the crowd, so some people who knew that this Cultural Revolution was not right had to stay quiet about their feelings towards the Proletariat Revolution. Some people who opposed Mao's propaganda met in secret meetings to share their ideas and feelings about the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese people that were unable to deal with the Cultural Revolutionary events had to escape China by fleeing to Taiwan or to a country nearby. For the majority of the Chinese, which was 75%, did not oppose Mao's beliefs and its principles, and was very loyal to Mao. The other 25%, according to Susan Yi, "Were against the Cultural Revolution and nearly tortured to death." Propaganda has made significant changes for the people in China at the time, only to make the situation worse by allowing the people to create the chaotic events that followed. This way of the "Counterrevolutionaries" existed until Mao's death in 1976.