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title: "Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries — Definition"
description: "The Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries was a 1950-1953 purge by the Chinese Communist Party targeting Kuomintang remnants and enemies."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries was a 1950–1953 mass political purge by the Chinese Communist Party to eliminate Kuomintang remnants, bandits, secret-society leaders and perceived regime enemies.
- When was the Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries conducted and what legal instrument underpinned it?
- How did the Korean War influence the campaign?
- What categories of people were targeted?
- How does Zhenfan relate to later Maoist campaigns?

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The Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries was a 1950–1953 mass political purge by the Chinese Communist Party to eliminate Kuomintang remnants, bandits, secret-society leaders and perceived regime enemies.

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1. 10 March 1950

   It was formally inaugurated by the Central Committee's "Directive on Suppressing Counter-revolutionary Activities" of and intensified after the October 1950…

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In 1951, following Mao Zedong's quota guidance, public sentencing rallies across Shanghai and Guangzhou executed thousands of alleged Kuomintang agents and "local despots" before mass crowds to consolidate Communist authority.

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