Record of the Four Cleanups Campaign

Author: Guo Dehong / Lin Xiaobo
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: In the vast land of China during the 1960s, a fervent Socialist Education Movement took place, lasting four years until the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution." The movement evolved from the initial "Cleaning Accounts, Warehouses, Labor Points, and Property" to a politically charged "Cleaning Economy, Politics, Ideology, and Organizations," and later, in its later stages, mistakenly focused on purging the so-called "Party Right-Wing Elements," leading to the unjust persecution of many officials. Drawing on years of research, the authors comprehensively narrate the historical process of the "Four Cleanups" movement from its origins, initiation, expansion, to its climax, re-examining major events that occurred during the movement, such as the Taoyuan Experience, the Peking University Socialist Education Campaign, the formulation of the "23 Articles," and the Mao-Zhou conflict, among others. They provide an objective and factual analysis of the causes, consequences, and developments of these major events, revealing previously unknown historical materials.
In the vast land of China during the 1960s, a fervent Socialist Education Movement took place, lasting four years until the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution." The movement evolved from the initial "Cleaning Accounts, Warehouses, Labor Points, and Property" to a politically charged "Cleaning Economy, Politics, Ideology, and Organizations," and later, in its later stages, mistakenly focused on purging the so-called "Party Right-Wing Elements," leading to the unjust persecution of many officials. Drawing on years of research, the authors comprehensively narrate the historical process of the "Four Cleanups" movement from its origins, initiation, expansion, to its climax, re-examining major events that occurred during the movement, such as the Taoyuan Experience, the Peking University Socialist Education Campaign, the formulation of the "23 Articles," and the Mao-Zhou conflict, among others. They provide an objective and factual analysis of the causes, consequences, and developments of these major events, revealing previously unknown historical materials.