🌍ap world history: modern review

Hundred Flowers Campaign

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A 1957 Chinese Communist Party initiative that encouraged public criticism of the Party and government, followed by a crackdown on dissenters.

AP course connection

Topic 8.4: 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900

Unit 8

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