people's commune

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Etymology

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Calque from Chinese 人民公社 (rénmín gōngshè).

Noun

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people's commune (plural people's communes)

  1. An administrative level in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from 1958 to 1983.
    Coordinate terms: production brigade, production team
    • 1961 May [1961 January 22], “China: Re-educating Capitalists”, in East Europe, A Monthly Review of East European Affairs[1], volume 10, number 5, New York: Free Europe Committee, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:
      A scene from China’s great drought of 1960. Members of the Sanhsiang people's commune in Yiyang County form a "bucket brigade" to bring water from the Lo River, reduced to a trickle.
      China Reconstructs (Peiping), November 1960
    • 1969 March 14 [1969 March 13], “Report from Border Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts[2], number 50, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →OCLC, page A 6[3]:
      Members of the Chinghsin people's commune in Hunchun County, Kirin Province, on the anti-revisionist forefront, demonstrated through the night.

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