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The '''Hundred Flowers'' period refers to a brief interlude in [[China | Chinese ]] history in the 1950s when the [[Chinese Communist Party]] authorities permitted or encouraged a variety of views and solutions. Subsequently an ideological crackdown re-imposed [[Marxist]] orthodoxy in public expression. |
The '''Hundred Flowers''' period refers to a brief interlude in [[China | Chinese ]] history in the 1950s when the [[Chinese Communist Party]] authorities permitted or encouraged a variety of views and solutions. Subsequently an ideological crackdown re-imposed [[Marxist]] orthodoxy in public expression. |
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The name ''Hundred Flowers'' originates from a poem: |
The name ''Hundred Flowers'' originates from a poem: |
Revision as of 12:46, 27 October 2002
The Hundred Flowers period refers to a brief interlude in Chinese history in the 1950s when the Chinese Communist Party authorities permitted or encouraged a variety of views and solutions. Subsequently an ideological crackdown re-imposed Marxist orthodoxy in public expression.
The name Hundred Flowers originates from a poem:
"Let a hundred flowers bloom: let a hundred schools of thought contend."