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Also Known As	Hongweibing • Hung-wei-ping
Date	1966 - 1967
Related People	Song Binbin

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A massive crowd of Red Guards in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, enthusiastically wave copies of Mao Zedong's Little Red Book, with government buildings and red balloons in the background.

Red Guards and Chinese revolutionary youth

Song Binbin pins a Red Guard armband on Mao Zedong's sleeve as they stand together on the Tiananmen Rostrum, with a large crowd visible in the background.

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