Just in time!: China battles spiritual pollution on the eve of 1984

In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 24, Heft 9, S. 947-974

Abstract

Having described the context of the anti-spiritual pollution drive, the study traces its rise and demise from October 1983 through January 1984, drawing attention to key activists and targets. Main issue in the criticism of spiritual pollution on the ideological and literary art fronts were humanism and alienation in socialist society. Development of strong opposition within the Chinese Communist Party to the external opening, social freedoms and internal party reforms over the past five years