Thought Reform: Intellectuals in the Early Years of the People’s Republic and the Three-Anti and Five-Anti Campaigns

This book covers the ideological reeducation campaign among intellectuals in the early years of the People’s Republic of China.

I. Launching the reeducation campaign; Zhou Enlai delivers a report on the reeducation of intellectuals; Mao Zedong calls for ideological reeducation; Xinhua News Agency publishes a commentary analyzing ideology; the central government formulates policies on intellectuals; and the central government gives intellectuals great importance.

II. Taking part in patriotic movements; the central government issues instructions on publicizing current affairs; universities in Nanjing denounce the crimes of American imperialism; Nanjing launches a campaign against insults and slander; intellectuals condemn the crimes of American imperialist aggression.

III. Taking part in land reform; the central government instructs democratic parties to participate in land reform; intellectuals experience land reform firsthand, and more.