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The Cultural Revolution in Yunnan
Yunnan was already and had been a hotbed of all the worst aspects of the Cultural Revolution. Hui complainants didn't get what they were asking for, freedom of religion. It finally reached a point where the central government had to step in. And 10,000 PLA troops went in hard with guns blazing - just like they'd do 14 years later in Beijing. They were commanded to restore order, and that's what they did.