Sufan movement
Chinese political campaign under Mao Zedong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sufan movement (simplified Chinese: 肃反运动; traditional Chinese: 肅反運動; "Campaign to Eradicate Hidden Counterrevolutionaries") was a purge of perceived opponents in the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong, between 1955 and 1957.[1][2][3] The term "sufan" is short for "肅清暗藏的反革命分子", which means "to purge of the hidden counterrevolutionaries";[4] similar campaigns had been carried out within the Chinese Communist Party as early as 1932.[5] Mao directed that 5 percent of counter-revolutionaries were to be eliminated.[6][7] During the purge, around 214,000 people were arrested and approximately 53,000 died.[8][9]
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Native name | 肃反运动 |
Location | China |
Date | 1955 July 1955 – October 1957 |
Target | Counter-revolutionaries, intellectuals, former KMT officials and political opponents of Mao Zedong, attack against "bureaucraticism" and soviet sympathetic officials |
Attack type | Political repression |
Deaths | 53,000 (Estimated) |
Victims | 214,000 (Arrested), 18 Million (Total targeted for "investigation") |
Perpetrators | Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong |
Motive | Elimination of political opponents of Mao Zedong, intellectuals and foreign forces |
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