The 1956 crisis in Hungary had a profound impact on China's domestic politics. It played a formative role in the evolution of Chinese policy as top officials critically reviewed the Stalinist experience of governance. Intellectuals and students began to doubt the efficiency of the party's rule, while Mao Zedong rejected meaningful reforms of institutional socialism in favour of âsoftâ means of conscripting the intellectuals and âremouldingâ popular thought. Having opened up the party to criticism from outside, Mao cited the risk of domestic opponents fomenting a Hungarian-style crisis in China in terminating the Hundred Flowers campaign and moving to a programme of ideological purges in the summer of 1957, which paved the way for a massive economic campaign in 1958.1 â[1] To make the main argument stand out, this article focuses on the political and ideological effects from Hungary on Mao's policies towards the intelligentsia in the period from November 1956 to the end of 1957. Economic issues and Mao's efforts for power consolidation by making reference to the Hungarian events in late 1957 to the summer of 1958 are not covered due to size limit. View all notes View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2011.626771
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