Mao's China - Violence and Terror
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- Violence and Terror
- Anti-movements (CCP)
- Against waste, corruption and inefficiency in 1951
- Against Industrial sabotage, Tax evasion, bribery, fraud and Theft of Government property in 1952
- They aimed to destroy the bureaucratic capitalist class indicating that Mao's initial truce with the middle class has passed and they were no longer to be tolerated
- In reality the Anto-movements targeted those who were seen as politically or socially suspect, particularly those who had links to the GMD
- By 1952 al othe parties had been banned and terror became the basic method of control
- Informing on neigbours workmates or even parents by children, was organised by the CCP. Property was also siezed.
- Watchers were based in every block/street and anyone who refused to become involved in communitry assosiation could be denounced as a class enemy.
- Youth movements were taken over by party cadres and religion was attacked.
- Mao was motivated by Ideology, aiming to destroy the middle class to create a genuine proletariate society. He saw violence as necessary and that power had to be taken by force
- Purges
- The CCP was purged of those who did not follow the party line, known as the 'rightists'
- Purges were partly Ideologically motivated and partly because of Mao's increasing Paranoia.
- Anti-movements (CCP)
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