Laogai
What Laogai means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A system of penal colonies and prison camps where inmates were subjected to brutal conditions, starvation and forced labour in mines, farms and factories.
Reform through labour camps to which millions were sent as part of the purges orchestrated by the Ministry of Public Security.
Labour camps to which hundreds of thousands were sent for 're-education' during the purge.
Topics that use Laogai
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 3 Consolidating the CCP’s hold on power, 1951–52 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 4 The Hundred Flowers campaign, 1956–57 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 32: Key topic 4: Life in Mao’s China, 1949–76 - 1 Communist control (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Political opposition
- Struggle sessions
- Anti-Rightist purge
- Authoritarian control
- Censorship
- Counter-revolutionaries
- Cult of Mao
- Five Antis
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