Yan'an Rectification Movement

The  (simplified Chinese: 延安整风运动; traditional Chinese: 整風運動; pinyin: Yán'ān Zhěngfēng Yùndòng) was a political mass movement led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1942 to 1945. The movement took place in the, a revolutionary base area centered on the remote city of. Although it was during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the CCP was experiencing a time of relative peace when they could focus on internal affairs.

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 * [The] Yan’an [Soviet] is [a] synonym of crushing dissent, real or invented, by torturing and killing. As [Communist Party member] Cai Qi reminded the audience at the April 28 [2024] symposium, the Yan’an Rectification Campaign was plotted by Mao, but its main organizer was Ren Bishi.
 * Massimo Introvigne, "Ren Bishi: CCP Honors Maoist Leader Who Purged and Killed Dissidents", Bitter Winter (May 3, 2024)