China Promises to Correct Abuses of Citizens’ Rights
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Communism, Communists, Human Rights, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Beijing
- Date: Spring, 1978
Article abstract: Post-Mao Chinese communist officials encouraged Chinese citizens to publicize their grievances against the government in a short-lived democracy movement.
Summary of Event
After the death of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, many Party leaders, under the leadership of then Vice-Premier and veteran party cadre Deng Xiaoping, called for a major break from past political and economic practices. In the political arena, the reformers called for the rebuilding of the legal system, for redressing the wrongs committed since 1957...
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