Introduction: A Short History of the Cultural Revolution Started in 1976 under the umbrella term of “Reconstruction,” he Cultural Revolution has definitely left a mark on the history of China. The changes made to the country’s economy and politics were truly huge; and, weirdly enough these alterations could be viewed both as a foot forward in the development of market economy and market relationships, and a giant leap backwards in the security of the Chinese people’s liberty, social and political freedoms and control over the state. Like any other revolution, however, the Cultural Revolution started by Mao Zedong left the state in economic, political and cultural devastation. The state needed the reformation of the existing legislation system, new economy model and a more coherent cultural policy. Unfortunately, the changes that Mao Zedong brought onto China did not contribute to the provision of rights and freedoms to its citizens. The “Mongol purges” (Black and Munro 9) did not make the situation any better, either. The state was at the brink of a major crisis, and with the subsequent emergence of the Gang of Four, the situation turned drastic. New Democracy: Where the Road Paved with Good Intentions Leads to Although it has been stressed above that the Cultural Revolution had very little to do with the actual principles of democracy, the new regime, which was established after the revolution was over was, in fact, called the New Democracy. Weirdly enough, the New Democracy did not affect the establishment of democratic principles in the present day China positively; despite the name, the given phenomenon had little to do with the actual democratic principles. Indeed, in a retrospect, the core concepts of the New Democracy rubbed elbows with political oppression, seeing how saying a single word against the Party meant becoming a political prisoner. In Black and Munro’s book, the story of Hang Dofhang sheds some light on the methods that were used in order to hush the rebellious people down: “Han served out his three years at Tuanhe, fighting to the end for the rights of his men” (Black and Munro 157). The creation of the New Democracy was clearly meant to be a positive start into an entirely new world of social justice, at least as Mao Zedong envisioned it. However, with the organization of the Gang of Four, the premises for developing market based economy were ruined completely. If it had not been for the popular movement organized by the government getting out of hand, the process of the state democratization may have been possible, and the dictator ship of the proletariat would have finally ceased. Instead, the state was thrown several decades back in its development, which resulted in complexities with the establishment of democracy principles in the decade following the fall of Mao Zedong. Coalition of classes and its effects on the Chinese democracy development As it has been stressed above, the China of the Mao Zedong era had a very peculiar angle compared to the rest of revolts that had been registered by the time. In contrast to the previous revolts, the one started under the flagship of Mao Zedong actually heralded the era of coalition of classes, which “under the leadership and guidance of the working class and its communist party, work to create a “new democratic order” (Yuan 3) as a stepping stone to socialism and then communism”. Therefore, initially, no proletariat dictatorship was supposed to take place – quite on the contrary, it was supposed that the representatives of different lasses could finally reconcile a