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title: "Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957 — Definition & Meaning"
description: "The Anti-Rightist Campaign was a political purge from 1957-1959 in China targeting intellectuals labeled 'rightists' after the Hundred Flowers Movement."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Anti-Rightist Campaign was a 1957–1959 political purge led by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party that persecuted intellectuals and dissenters labelled "rightists" following the Hundred Flowers Movement.
- How did the Hundred Flowers Campaign lead to the Anti-Rightist Campaign?
- What role did Deng Xiaoping play in the Anti-Rightist Campaign?
- How did the campaign connect to the Great Leap Forward?
- When were the rightists rehabilitated?

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