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"Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend."
-Mao Zedong
The Hundred Flowers Campaign was originally designed to let the people express their views on politics. However, it was ended due to excessive criticism. -
The government began persecuting intellectuals who spoke out against Mao during the Hundred Flowers Campaign in early July. By 1958, more than 300,000 people were punished.
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Private property was banned, and state-controlled communes were put into effect all over China.
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The Great Leap was put into effect.
