Maos langer Schatten: Chinas Umgang mit der Vergangenheit.

For example, Leese shows that many "state crimes" during the Cultural Revolution were committed by so-called Case Examination Groups that were empowered by the central leadership to arrest, torture, imprison, and execute people outside the regular institutional framework. According to Leese, the Party leadership around Deng believed that overcoming injustices of the Cultural Revolution was central to restore social stability and the legitimacy of the CCP. (Mao's long shadow: How China deals with its past), by Daniel Leese. [Extracted from the article]

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