Word: fujian
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...party set itself an ambitious goal-to take over the government by 1970. The main tactic was to expand the party's membership from a paltry 50,000, mostly drawn from trade unions, to a reasonably broad 500,000. The campaign proved a disaster of Fujian proportions. The old dogmas were not softened one whit. What is more, some new proposals-including one for an ultra-pacifist nonaggression pact with Washington, Moscow and Peking-so alarmed some members that they stopped paying their dues. The party...