Episode 32: The Anti-Rightist Campaign 1957-1958

The final installment in the three-part series on writers and intellectuals in 1950's China. In today's episode we discuss the Anti-Rightist Campaign, launched by the CCP in 1957 after they had lost all patience with the cultural and scientific community prioritising the quality of their work over politics and generally dissing the CCP.The Anti-Rightist Campaign sought to undo all the progress in terms of open discussion and the use of different methodologies that had been started just a year earlier, and instead replace intellectuals with party cadres in the cultural and scientific spheres.This period also signals the beginning of the descent into the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, as Mao faces the first real challenge to his supremacy, and starts a trend of lashing out against those who would dare defy him.Support the showSign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newsletter: https://sinobabble.substack.com/Support Sinobabble on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Sinobabblepod