noun
let a hundred flowers blossom; Hundred Flowers Campaign
Historical term referring to the 1956–1957 Chinese Communist Party slogan encouraging open criticism, later followed by a crackdown. Used in discussions of modern Chinese history.
百花斉放は、毛沢東が提唱したスローガンだ。
The Hundred Flowers Campaign was a slogan advocated by Mao Zedong.
From Chinese 百花齊放 (bǎihuā qífàng), literally 'a hundred flowers bloom together'. Adopted into Japanese as a yojijukugo with the same meaning.