History A-Level
purging of the CCP membership
What purging of the CCP membership means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of purging of the CCP membership
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Driven by Red Guards and radical factions, expelling millions of cadres and disrupting party structures.
Topics that use purging of the CCP membership
- The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- The ‘four olds’ and cultural destruction
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