Anti-Rightist+Campaign

How did this campaign **bolster support** for those that led it? Among who? What groups in China did this campaign **put fear into?** Did this campaign increase the degree to which **some Chinese were misled or 'in-the-dark'** about the problems the CCP had created in China?

The Anti-Rightist Movement of the People's Republic of China in the 1950s and early 1960s consisted of a series of campaigns to purge alleged"rightists"The Anti-Rightist Movement was a reaction against theHundred Flowers Campignwhich had promoted pluralism of expression and criticism of the government. The first wave of attacks began immediately following the end of the Hundred Flowers movement in July1957. By the end of the year, 300,000 people had been labeled as rightists."Most of the accused were intellectuals. The penalties included informal criticism, "re-education through labour" and in some cases execution.One main target was the independent legal system. Legal professionals were transferred to other jobs; judicial power was exercised instead by political cadres and the police." The second and last campaign followed theLushen Meeting of July 2-August 16 1959. within theCommunist Party of China and abroad. The campaigns were instigated by the Chairman Mao Zedong.