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1950s China, Social Media Mergers, Ultrashort Video, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 7, 2022

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NEW RESOURCES George Mason University: Mason students build digital archive for victims of China’s Anti-‘Rightist’ Campaign . “Predating China’s Cultural Revolution, the Anti-‘Rightist’ Campaign was launched by Chairman Mao Zedong to purge ‘Rightists’ from the Chinese Communist Party and the entire country. Beginning in 1957 and lasting for about two years, the campaign may have affected between 500,000 and 2 million individuals. Targeted individuals were reeducated, humiliated, relocated, or executed. The main focus was on ‘intellectuals,’ which tended to mean professors, artists teachers, writers and doctors.” TWEAKS AND UPDATES CNBC: Deal partner for Trump’s Truth Social fails to get backing…

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