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The Hundred Flowers Campaign (may 1, 1956 – jul 1, 1957)

Description:

Causes:

China needed the educated classes for its industrial development, and the lack of intellectual freedom was preventing scientific advances

Mao thought the campaign would shake up the CCP and identify those who were corrupt or not loyal

The 1956 Hungarian revolution showed what happened when the people did not support their communist government

Khrushchev had criticised the Cult of Stalin in 1956; such criticisms could also be directed at the Cult of Mao

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Date:

may 1, 1956
jul 1, 1957
~ 1 years