The Precursor to Revolution

How do you ignite the fire of Revolution? First you must lay the kindling.

After the Great Leap Forward the Chinese economy was in shambles, corruption was rampant and dissent was spreading in the ranks, the CCP needed to act in order to re-invigorate the socialist revolution. Liu Shaoqi was the Vice Chairman of the CCP and the heir apparent to Mao, he took to rebuilding the Chinese economy and then implemented campaigns called the "Socialist Education Movement". These movements were based on "The Four Cleanups" to rebuild the CCP's own party. Even though Mao had taken a step back from the administrative decisions he watched closely to determine the success of these campaigns and regained his own internal political power. 

But what did these campaigns look like? And where they successful? Join us as we discuss the precursor to the Cultural Revolution.

If you want to know about Chinese and American relations, you have to know the history...

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