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WAS THE HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS OR FAILURE TOWARDS REVIVING CHINA AFTER 1949

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What started out with noble goals of increasing free speech and free thought totally collapsed as intellectuals began criticizing the government. As a result, the government clamped down even harder on speech as it punished any and all dissenters.
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