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Today's #quizzytime: A country once asked it's people to speak freely and openly criticize the ruling party. They did. What was the outcome of this campaign, named after Nature?

Quiz ends at 2 PM. Google if you like.
Ans: From 1956 to 1957 The Communist Party of China (CPC) encouraged citizens to express openly their opinions of the communist regime in 'The Hundred Flowers Campaign'.
Following this, CPC Chairman Mao Zedong conducted a crack down against those who were critical of it. Citizens were rounded up in waves by the 100 of 1000s, publicly criticized, & condemned to prison camps for re-education through labor or execution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_F…

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