There had been disagreement over the end of the Cultural Revolution. With the death of Mao Zedong in 1977 there was little reason for it to continue. Moreover, with the arrest of the Gang of Four,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/cult.htm</ref> the elite of the communist party who were overthrown by their own Party. However,1968 has also been given as a date as, with the arrest of Liu Shao-chi, Mao would have no reason to continue the revolution.<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cultural_revolution.htm</ref> | There had been disagreement over the end of the Cultural Revolution. With the death of Mao Zedong in 1977 there was little reason for it to continue. Moreover, with the arrest of the Gang of Four,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/cult.htm</ref> the elite of the communist party who were overthrown by their own Party. However,1968 has also been given as a date as, with the arrest of Liu Shao-chi, Mao would have no reason to continue the revolution.<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cultural_revolution.htm</ref> |