TIL about the Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956–57) in China, where the government briefly encouraged open criticism and debate, only to later suppress dissent through arrests and crackdowns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1i5r4sq/til_about_the_hundred_flowers_campaign_195657_in/
