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Woke, Mao, and the American Cultural Revolution

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Let 100 Flowers Blossom in 100 Schools With All Content

Historians wondered, but seemed to have decided as to whether Mao did this on purpose. What happened with 100 Flowers campaign, which is by Hao in Chinese, let 100 Flowers blossom and 100 schools of thought contend. It's a free speech measure. In all likelihood, what happened was he really did believe that socialism would allow for free expression without a threat to socialism.

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