From English Wikipedia: Struggle sessions or denunciation rallies were violent public spectacles in Maoist China where people accused of being "class enemies" were publicly humiliated, accused, beaten and tortured by people with whom they were close.
From Chinese Wikipedia: Criticism (that is Google Translate gives translation of "Struggle sessions" as "Criticism"), in the current Chinese context, often refers to a form of political movement after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, which reached its peak during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)... Criticism is usually carried out in groups, such as holding a criticism meeting or "struggle meeting", and the specific methods of struggle often include shaving yin and yang heads, wearing high hats, parading through the streets.
Wang Guangmei, wife of Liu Shaoqi, was humiliated at a denunciation rally at Tsinghua University, during Cultural Revolution with wearing high hat. (Photograph by unknown author, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101474451)
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