Down to the Countryside Movement

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in China 1950–1981.

Definition

The state policy of forcibly relocating urban youths to rural areas for manual labour to disperse the Red Guards and solve unemployment.

Exam Context

Down to the Countryside Movement appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Non-British Depth Studies, especially China 1950–1981 and The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976.

Non-British Depth Studies China 1950–1981 The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

Found in Revision Notes

Non-British Depth Studies

The Red Guards & Social Impact of the Cultural Revolution

China 1950–1981 • The Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

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