The dismissal of officials as part of this movement in the "January Storm" prompted a reaction called the "February Countercurrent." At the start of this movement, a politician was paid to write an article exposing as an allegory a play about a minister dismissed from office. The White-Haired Girl and a play about an all-female special company were two of the "eight model plays" allowed during this movement. "Big character posters" promoted this movement, during which "educated youths" were sent to labor in the countryside. It included a campaign against the "Four Olds" and ended with the arrest of the Gang of Four. For 10 points, name this M
The dismissal of officials as part of this movement in the "January Storm" prompted a reaction called the "February Countercurrent." At the start of this movement, a politician was paid to write an article exposing as an allegory a play about a minister dismissed from office. The White-Haired Girl and a play about an all-female special company were two of the "eight model plays" allowed during this movement. "Big character posters" promoted this movement, during which "educated youths" were sent to labor in the countryside. It included a campaign against the "Four Olds" and ended with the arrest of the Gang of Four. For 10 points, name this Mao-led movement to rid China of traditionalism.
The dismissal of officials as part of this movement in the "January Storm" prompted a reaction called the "February Countercurrent.
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution [or GPCR; accept Shanghai commune until "February Countercurrent" and anti-prompt thereafter]