February Countercurrent

February Countercurrent
Part of the Cultural Revolution
Date11 February 1967 – 16 February 1967
(5 days)
Location
Caused by
  • January Storm
  • High ranking party members feeling threatened by the Cultural Revolution
Resulted inCultural Revolution Group victory, party elders criticized and are made to conduct self-criticism
Parties
Lead figures

The February Countercurrent (Chinese: 二月逆流; pinyin: Èryuè nìliú), also known as the February Adverse Current,[1] refers to the joint efforts by a group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) veterans to oppose the radicalism at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.[2]

  1. ^ "Resolution on CPC History".
  2. ^ Leung, Edwin Pak-Wah; Leung, Pak-Wah (2002). Political Leaders of Modern China: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 241. ISBN 0313302162.