History GCSE
political control and repression
What political control and repression means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of political control and repression
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The silencing of intellectual opposition and cementing of Mao's absolute control over the party and state, creating a climate of fear that stifled independent thought for decades.
Topics that use political control and repression
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 4 The Hundred Flowers campaign, 1956–57 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Anti-Rightist purge
- Authoritarian control
- Laogai
- Political opposition
- The role of intellectuals
- Repression and censorship
- rightists
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