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Highlights
- led by Mao Zedong, proposed to “let one hundred flowers bloom in social science and arts and let one hundred points of view be expressed in the field of science.
- The movement was in part a response to tensions between the CCP and Chinese intellectuals.[6] Mao had realized that the CCP’s control over intellectual life was stifling potentially useful new ideas. He was also worried about the emergence of new party elites who could threaten his position
- The name was used to arouse the interest of China’s intellectuals, referring to the Warring States period when numerous schools of thought competed for ideological, not military, supremacy. Historically, Confucianism, Chinese Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism had gained prominence, and socialism would now face its test. At the time, the movement was opposed by even some of Mao’s most devout followers, as well as some within the academic circle, most notably, Guo Moruo.[