UN General Assembly
1957

30. Even Mao Tse-tung himself admitted in his speech on 27 February 1957: "Certain people in our country were excited when the Hungarian events took place. They hoped that something similar would happen in China, that thousands upon thousands of people would demonstrate in the streets and oppose the People's Government." 31. The events in Hungary have given rise to two important anti-communist movements on the Chinese mainland during the last few months. One of these has been a nation-wide outbreak of anti-communist feeling among the students in the universities, colleges and middle schools. The other has been one full month of outspoken criticism and attack on the Communist Party by many Chinese intellectuals in the universities and in the so-called "democratic parties".