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BACKGROUND Going perhaps as far back as the Long March there had been resentment against "rightists" inside the CCP. ORIGINS The Anti-Rightist Movement was a reaction against the Hundred Flowers Campaign , which had promoted pluralism of expression and criticism of the government. It is not clear whether the Hundred Flowers Campaign was a deliberate tactic to smoke out "rightists", or whether Mao simply decided that it had gone too far. FIRST WAVE The first wave of attacks began immediately following the end of the Hundred Flowers movement in July 1957. By the end of the year, 300,000 people had been labeled as rightists, including the writer Ding Ling . Future premier Zhu Rongji , then working in the State Planning Commission, was purged in 1958. Most of the accused were intellectuals. The penalties included informal criticism, "re-education through labour" and in some cases execution. One main target was the independent Legal System . Legal professionals were transferred to other jobs; judicial power was exercised instead by political cadres and the police. SECOND WAVE The second part of the campaign followed the Lushan Meeting of July 2-Aug 16 1959. The meeting condemned General Peng Dehuai , who had criticised the Great Leap Forward . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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