The Campaign to Suppress Counter-revolutionaries, involved public executions that targeted mainly former Kuomintang officials, businessmen accused of "disturbing" the market, former employees of Western companies and intellectuals whose loyalty was suspect.
Kampagnen om at undertrykke de kontraravolutionære, involverede offentlige henrettelser af tidligere embedsfolk i Kuomintang, forretningsfolk der blev beskyldt for at "forstyrre" marekdet, tidligere ansatte i vestlige virksomhedder og intellektuelle hvis loyalitet der blev sat spørgsmålstegn ved.