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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161020T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/anti-rightist-campaign-media-e
 vent-censorship-political-dissent-and-media-1950s-china/
SUMMARY:The Anti-rightist Campaign as Media Event: Censorship\, Political D
 issent\, and Media in 1950s China
DESCRIPTION:\n	Chin Sei Jeong (Associate Professor\, Division of Internatio
 nal Studies\, Ewha Womans University\; HYI Visiting Scholar 2016-17)\n	Cha
 ir/discussant: Arunabh Ghosh (Assistant Professor of History\, Harvard Un
 iversity)\n\n	Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\
 n\n	Zhang Naiqi\, the Minister of Food and democratic party leader\, was d
 enounced as one of the three leading "rightists" during the Anti-Rightist 
 Campaign (1957-58) in China. Accusations against Zhang by other intellectu
 als were actively publicized through the news media. Intriguingly\, rather
  than simply censoring "rightist voices\," the CCP allowed the news media 
 to publicize Zhang's contestation against the accusation\, even when the C
 CP had the capacity to completely censor Zhang's rebuttal. The CCP by the 
 early 1950s monopolized the ability to construct publicity and public opin
 ion on party policies and political affairs by gaining tight media control
  through nationalizing the media and establishing a relatively effective c
 ensorship system. Thus\, the CCP's effective media control itself does not
  fully explain Zhang's vulnerability to the accusation. Ultimately\, Zhang
  was unsuccessful in contesting the public accusation\, and was ultimately
  purged from most of his public positions.\n\n	This talk explores the role
  of the media in a high-profile political campaign in the early PRC\, such
  as the Anti-Rightist Campaign\, by emphasizing the theatrical and perform
 ative nature of the campaign. Earlier studies on political campaigns in th
 e PRC often neglected the role of the media\, due to the assumption that t
 he media functioned merely as a party mouthpiece. However\, major newspape
 rs such as the People’s Daily played an important role as a public tribu
 nal in which a particular political discourse was delegitimized and define
 d as “dissent.” Even when branded as "rightist\," "anti-socialist\," "
 anti-party\," and even "counterrevolutionary\,” Zhang was allowed to pub
 licize his own rebuttal against the accusation. Thus\, Zhang Naiqi became 
 vulnerable to public accusation not because he was unable to publicize his
  own voice\, but because he was unable to negotiate with the party and the
  news media in constructing publicity for the case and creating his own su
 bjectivity in public in a way that would allow him not to lose his politic
 al legitimacy. Ultimately\, this talk aims at shedding new light on the ro
 le of media in politics\, media censorship\, and political dissent in 1950
 s China. 
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