Three Anti and Five Anti Campaign
The Communist Party of China
Yet another one of our movements was a failure. In this case, two campaigns fell through the cracks of our imaginations for future China. The Three-anti Campaign, during 1951 and Five-anti Campaign, during 1952, were two movements we wanted to make after the founding of my People’s Republic. These campaigns were an attempt to discard any cities that were corrupt or enemies of the state. The result of my campaigns did not end as we planned, but instead brought us to a new rank of power.
The first of the two campaigns was the Third- anti, launched in Manchuria at the end of 1951. It was aimed at members within the Communist Party of China, former Kuomintang members and bureaucratic officials who were not party members. The three objectives that we had were to eliminate corruption, waste and bureaucracy.
The Five-anti campaign was started in January of 1952. It was designed to target the capitalist class. The Communist party set a very vague guideline of who could be charged, as it became an all out war against the bourgeoisie in China. Deng Xiaoping warned the people "not to be corrupted by capitalist thinking". The 5 objectives that we had were to get rid of bribery, theft of state property, tax evasion, cheating on government contracts and stealing state economic information.
We sent out 26,000 men and women workers to spy and watch over business affairs of the citizens in China. Up to 15,000 trained propagandists were working in Shanghai by late 1951. By February 1952 many anti-Capitalist went door-to-door, visiting business leaders. It created a lot of psychological pressure on the leaders, warning them to stay in line. Criticism letters from employees were also made and delivered to Shanghi and the People's Republic of China.
The victims of these antis’ campaigns were terrified and humiliated, killed, or sent to labor camps. The Three-Antis Campaign had usually harsher punishments, including brutal torture, and if one was found guilty of their confessed or un-confessed crimes. They were forced to pay fines to the government. There were hundreds of thousands of suicides that were a direct result of these campaigns. The Communist party claimed that they were not going to protect private businesses anymore. Chinese capitalists would be threatened like foreign capitalists. Many capitalists borrowed money from the same government to pay off government fines, creating a complex financial pattern. These two campaigns only lead for more to follow.
The Communist Party of China
Yet another one of our movements was a failure. In this case, two campaigns fell through the cracks of our imaginations for future China. The Three-anti Campaign, during 1951 and Five-anti Campaign, during 1952, were two movements we wanted to make after the founding of my People’s Republic. These campaigns were an attempt to discard any cities that were corrupt or enemies of the state. The result of my campaigns did not end as we planned, but instead brought us to a new rank of power.
The first of the two campaigns was the Third- anti, launched in Manchuria at the end of 1951. It was aimed at members within the Communist Party of China, former Kuomintang members and bureaucratic officials who were not party members. The three objectives that we had were to eliminate corruption, waste and bureaucracy.
The Five-anti campaign was started in January of 1952. It was designed to target the capitalist class. The Communist party set a very vague guideline of who could be charged, as it became an all out war against the bourgeoisie in China. Deng Xiaoping warned the people "not to be corrupted by capitalist thinking". The 5 objectives that we had were to get rid of bribery, theft of state property, tax evasion, cheating on government contracts and stealing state economic information.
We sent out 26,000 men and women workers to spy and watch over business affairs of the citizens in China. Up to 15,000 trained propagandists were working in Shanghai by late 1951. By February 1952 many anti-Capitalist went door-to-door, visiting business leaders. It created a lot of psychological pressure on the leaders, warning them to stay in line. Criticism letters from employees were also made and delivered to Shanghi and the People's Republic of China.
The victims of these antis’ campaigns were terrified and humiliated, killed, or sent to labor camps. The Three-Antis Campaign had usually harsher punishments, including brutal torture, and if one was found guilty of their confessed or un-confessed crimes. They were forced to pay fines to the government. There were hundreds of thousands of suicides that were a direct result of these campaigns. The Communist party claimed that they were not going to protect private businesses anymore. Chinese capitalists would be threatened like foreign capitalists. Many capitalists borrowed money from the same government to pay off government fines, creating a complex financial pattern. These two campaigns only lead for more to follow.
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