A civil uprising is a large-scale protest or demonstration that often involves violence and disruption of public order. The term can be used to refer to a variety of events, such as riots, revolutions, and other forms of civil unrest. The term 'RIOT' is used to describe a violent disturbance of the peace, usually involving a large group of people. Mao was a Chinese communist revolutionary who led the Chinese Revolution and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. Soweto is a township in South Africa that became a symbol of resistance during the apartheid era. It was the site of a major uprising in 1976, when thousands of students protested against the government's policy of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools.