In 1956 Chairman Mao declared a new openness in the Chinese Communist Party. He echoed the Soviet Party’s criticisms of Stalin and declared “Let a hundred flowers bloom.” It wasn’t long before criticism arrived. Wall-posters and speakers began to complain about the Party’s monopoly on power and compared life in China to being in prison.
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