History GCSE
Counter-revolutionaries
What Counter-revolutionaries means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Counter-revolutionaries
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Those targeted by the Campaign to Suppress Counter-Revolutionaries, including former Guomindang officials, landlords and suspected dissidents.
Topics that use Counter-revolutionaries
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 3 Consolidating the CCP’s hold on power, 1951–52 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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