Part e: Conclusion

I believe that the Hundred Flowers campaign was not designed as a trap, but instead was a very optimistic attempt to create an atmosphere for state-intellectual cooperation and rectify the party in the light of the Hungarian crisis. However, the response to the campaign went out of control, forcing Mao to go back on his liberal policy and present it as a trap to confirm his authority within the party. Although, Mao was speaking about his plans of a trap early on to his closest officials, in the light of other evidence this appears to be an attempt to make his authority unquestionable.

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1 The debate between P.Short and J.Chung. It is specified as a recognized historiographical debate in the book by Stewart, G (2006). China 1900-76. Essex: Heinemann.101-127.

2 Todd, A (2011). Authoritarian and Single Part States. United Kingdom: University Press, Cambridge, p 127

3 Ibid, p 133

4 Mu,F(1962).The Wilting of the hundred flowers; the Chinese intelligentsia under Mao. New York, Praeger, p 150

5 Todd, A (2011). p 127

6 Chang,J (2005). Mao: the unknown story. United States: Random house, p 423

7 Short, P (1999). Mao: a life. Great Britain: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 439

8 Ibid.

9 Ibid.

10 Todd, A (2011), p 137

11 Lynch,M (2004). Mao. New York: Routledge. 160

12 There were 550 million petty bourgeois in the population.

13 Short, P (1999). p. 443

14 Ibid.

15 Schram, R (1966), Political Leadres of the 20^th Century: Mao Tse-Tung. Great Britain: Hazell Watson and Viney ltd. P. 261

16 Short, P (1999). p. 445

17 Chang,J (2005). P 420

18 Short, P (1999). p. 443

19 Short, P (1999). Mao: a life. Great Britain: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 439

20 Chang,J (2005). Mao: the unknown story. United States: Random house, p 421

21 Mu,F(1962).The wilting of the hundred flowers; the Chinese intelligentsia under Mao. New York, Praeger, p 150.

22 Clements, J (2006). Mao. London: Haus Publishing Limited.110

23 Short,P (1999). p. 450

24 Chang,J (2005). p. 420

25 Ibid. p. 422

26 Ibid.

27 Ibid.

28 Ibid.

29 Short, P (1999). p. 470

30 Chang,J (2005). p. 439

31 Ibid.

32 Zhi-Sui, L (1996). The Private Life of Chairman Mao. United States: Random House, 193

33 Such as his former secretary Wang Ruoshui and the companion of Mao’s last years, Li Rui.

34 Such as an interview with Mao’s crony, Shanghai’s boos, Ke Quingshi.

35 Chang,J (2005). p. 439

36 Zhi-Sui, L (1996).p. 193

37 Short, P (1999). p. 470

38 Ibid.

39 Ibid, p 450

40 Mu,F(1962), p . 150

41 Short, P (1999), p .455

42 Chang,J (2005) p. 420

43 Chang,J (2005) p. 420

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