Strike Hard Against Crime Campaign (1983)

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1949–1976: Mao era Revolution Land Reform Movement Proclamation Korean War Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns First five-year plan Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Bandung Conference Sufan movement Hundred Flowers Campaign Anti-Rightist Campaign Canton Fair Great Leap Forward Great Chinese Famine Anti-Right Deviation Struggle Two Bombs, One Satellite Seven Thousand Cadres Conference Socialist Education Movement Third Front Cultural Revolution Abolition of the presidency UN representation Richard Nixon visit
1976–1989: Hua & Deng era Gang of Four Boluan Fanzheng 1978 Truth Criterion Controversy New Enlightenment Reform and opening up Special economic zones China–United States relations Three Communiqués Four Modernizations Sino-Vietnamese War Beijing Spring Strike Hard Against Crime Campaign Sino-British Joint Declaration Campaign against spiritual pollution Bourgeois liberalization Opposition 863 Program 1986 Chinese student demonstrations Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
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The 1983 "Strike Hard" Anti-crime Campaign (Chinese: 严厉打击刑事犯罪活动; pinyin: Yánlì dǎjí xíngshì fànzuì huódòng), or "Stern Blow" Anti-crime Campaign of 1983, was an anti-crime campaign initiated by former paramount leader of China Deng Xiaoping.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Beginning in September 1983, the campaign lasted for three years and five months, and was launched largely as a result of the nationwide worsening of public safety due to the breakdown of social order and the public security system following the Cultural Revolution. During this time, crimes like rape, murder, robbery, and arson occurred en-masse, and even cannibalism took place in some parts of China.^[4][6][7][8]

During the "three battles" of the "Strike Hard" campaign, some 197,000 criminal groups were targeted, 1.772 million people were arrested and 1.747 million people were prosecuted with an estimated 30,000 sentenced to death.^[1][7][8][9] Although visible improvements in public safety followed, controversies arose as to whether the punishments were too harsh, and whether the legal processes of many cases were complete and rigorous.^{[2][3][7][8][9]}