From the archives: How The Times covered China’s Cultural Revolution

Purged leaders being reinstated by Chinese (March 1972)

The wheel has come al­most full circle for the vet­er­an Chinese of­fi­cials who a few short years ago were be­ing de­nounced and cri­ti­cized by Red Guards and left­ist ex­trem­ists.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times archives

Credits: Donald Bremner