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| Speaker |
Yidi Wu |
| Summary |
A secret Khrushchev speech in 1956 that exposured Stalin’s cult of personality caused Chinese students to start questioning their own political system and Mao’s cult of personality. This resulted in a number of actions taken by Mao, like the Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom. Ultimately, the students were then labelled as rightists . Ms. Wu also gave personal stories on what she encountered when she went back to China last year to interview the student activists. |
| Keywords |
Mao, Khruschev, student activism, personal story |
| Publish Date |
August 4, 2015 |
| Source |
Speech given at 1990 Institute Teachers Workshop on “Modern China Through the Lens of Social Change and Reform”, August 3-4, 2015, at San Mateo County Office of Education, Redwood City, CA. |
| Speaker Bio |
Yidi Wu Bio |
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