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Events on Saturday 8 June 1957 1
1957Anti-Rightist Campaign begins in ChinaMao Zedong launches crackdown on intellectualsFollowing the brief liberalisation of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, Mao Zedong launched the Anti-Rightist Campaign, purging hundreds of thousands of intellectuals, students, and officials accused of opposing the Communist Party. Many were sent to labour camps for years.