Talk:Anti-Rightist Movement

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This article needs a little work. ;)

I've trimmed some of the more obvious nonsense; if no-one else leaps in, I'll do this, but I'll be offline for most of the next three weeks or so.

Some material I cut which may be usable:

"One of the political movements under the communist government in China. Communists are "left-wing," and this was apparently an attempt at purging "rightist" or anti-communist elements in the general populace. Being labeled a "rightist" was a sort of social death penalty during these times. Rightists could be sent to the countryside for "re-education.""

Markalexander100 08:44, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

This article is far from complete. At least it should be up to the rehibilitation of these alleged rightists in 1978 - 1979. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Roland Longbow (talk • contribs).

OK throughout my life I have heard the term "purge" used apologetically, euphemistically, or ambiguously. Do you mean that the rightist elements were stripped of party or post, run out of their homes, deported, executed, assasinated, disappeared? What does this mean?Toddster37 02:26, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

All of 'em. In contempory China the movement is always regarded as devastating to China's technicals and intellectuals. Dunno if some body has the time to work on it a bit.