l am glad to hear the thing about china ,about this ,l am sure that you are Interested in chinese culture in my views,cultural revolution was caused by policy makers,lt was a failure on policy.during the cultural revolution,young people would go to country for practicing ,so they lost the chance to eduction.maybe this is one of the reasons caused china lack of talented person。 On political .more and more useful person were wrong to be punished ,so for many reactionary forces to create the conditions for the insurgency. Of cause ,political affect economic ,economic depression，majority of people were not enough food ,not to speak of eduction. Last,thanks to some wise man ,such as Zhou Enlai,Deng Xiaoping,etc.leaded china to a bright future lol...sorry ,my english is limited ,l can,t accurately express what l mean ,if you want to know more about cultural revolution ,you can search on internet 中国有句话说：尽绵薄之力！！！！yup ,me too .l can help you a little