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title: "Five-anti Campaign Definition | Model Diplomat"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Five-anti Campaign was a 1952 Chinese Communist Party mass movement targeting urban capitalists for bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on contracts, and stealing economic intelligence.
- How does the Five-anti Campaign differ from the Three-anti Campaign?
- What were the five 'antis' in the campaign?
- Why was the Five-anti Campaign historically significant?
- What was the historical context of the campaign in 1952?

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In 1952, Shanghai's industrialists faced mass denunciation under the Five-anti Campaign, with the CCP grading capitalists into five categories and levying crippling back-tax assessments that pushed many enterprises toward joint state-private ownership.

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