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What unintended result did Mao’s Cultural Revolution have on China?

It paved the way for the release of prisoners by the Red Guards.
It caused the spread of communism to neighboring countries.
It paved the way for Western-style economic and political development.
It caused young people to leave the Red Guards and go to school.

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It paved the way for Western-style economic and political development.

Explanation: The chaos and failures of the Cultural Revolution discredited radical Maoist policies and created conditions for pragmatic leaders (notably Deng Xiaoping) to introduce market-oriented economic reforms and open China to the world. (China did not, however, adopt Western-style democracy.)