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The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956-1957): Brief Opening and Subsequent Crackdown – Examine the Period When the CCP Encouraged Citizens to Express Their Opinions and Criticisms, Exploring the Reasons Behind This Brief Opening and the Subsequent ‘Anti-Rightist Campaign’ That Suppressed Dissent and Persecuted Intellectuals, Revealing the Limits of Freedom of Speech Under Communist Rule.

The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956-1957): A Brief Thaw, Followed by a Deep Freeze (Lecture Starts Here) Alright everyone, settle down, settle down! Today, we're diving headfirst into one of the…
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The Chongqing Negotiations (1945): A Brief Attempt at Post-War Reconciliation – Examine the Meetings Between Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalist) and Mao Zedong (Communist) After World War II, Aiming to Negotiate a Peaceful Solution to the Civil War, Exploring the Deep Mistrust and Fundamental Differences That Ultimately Led to the Resumption of Full-Scale Conflict.

The Chongqing Negotiations (1945): A Brief Attempt at Post-War Reconciliation – Or, How to Throw a Peace Party and Nobody Comes! (A Lecture in the History of Futile Diplomacy) (Professor…