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of 3,138 criminal cases related to major crimes and 'counterrevolutionary' activity and the highlighting of over 6,000 cases of the 'Three Antis'. Elsewhere, however, the campaign continued until as late as 1972 or 1973, with it ending in Shanghai in late 1972. According to the official report, 64,000 people from Shanghai and the surrounding area were 'struggled' against. Officially, the CCP reported that over 280,000 arrests of 'counterrevolutionaries' occurred in the first 10 months of the campaign, up to November 1970.
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The One Strike-Three Anti campaign did not have a definite end, as it came to its conclusion at various times across China. In the capital, the proceedings were largely over by the end of 1970, with the report on the campaign reporting the discovery of 5,757 'counterrevolutionaries', the resolving
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However, these fairly vague parameters for what constituted 'active counterrevolutionary elements' led to a situation where interpretations and actions against these elements varied considerably in their definition and in their ferocity, tending to err on the harsh rather than the lenient side. For
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Another intention of the campaign was to improve China's economic situation and curb the corruption and anarchy in industry. At the end of 1969, production of every major item (with the exception of crude oil) failed to reach its respective target level, and across China production was hindered by
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announced the start of the One Strike-Three Anti campaign with immediate effect. The order to local authorities in China to 'strike' against 'active counterrevolutionary elements' was issued by
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The crackdowns on unsavory elements in the cities were periodic and therefore known as 'red typhoons'. In
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Among the total of 10,402 political prisoners who received "official
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continued factionalism and the actions of more radical groupings.
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MacFarquhar, Roderick; Schoenhals, Michael (2009-06-30).
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simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist Party
Cultural Revolution
counterrevolutionaries
executions
suicides
9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Cultural Revolution
Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist Party
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Beijing
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong
Yinchuan
communist
Little Red Book
Hunan
Chen Yun
struggle sessions
Shanghai
Shanghai
Wang Hongwen
Zhou Enlai
Shanghai
death sentences
Liuyang County

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