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Which 1957 political movement, initiated by Mao with the slogan 'Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend', invited intellectuals to openly criticise the Party—before a sharp reversal rounded up over 500,000 critics as 'rightists'?
Answer: Hundred Flowers Campaign — The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956–57) is often described as a trap: Mao encouraged open criticism, but when it arrived in volume, he interpreted it as a threat, launching the Anti-Rightist Campaign that silenced China's intellectuals for a generation.
- A Anti-rightist campaign
- B Great Leap Forward
- C Hundred Flowers Campaign ✓
- D Socialist education movement
The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956–57) is often described as a trap: Mao encouraged open criticism, but when it arrived in volume, he interpreted it as a threat, launching the Anti-Rightist Campaign that silenced China's intellectuals for a generation.