‖ Wufan
(ˈwufan)
Also wu-fan.
[Chinese wŭfăn, f. wŭ five + făn anti-, against.]
Used attrib. to designate an official campaign launched in China in 1952 against bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, skimping on work and cheating on materials, and theft of state economic information.
| 1956 Contemporary China 1955 I. 63 The wu-fan movement against the ‘five vices’ in the private sector: bribing, tax evasion, theft of government property, cheating on government contracts, and stealing economic information from government sources for private speculation. 1966 D. Wilson Quarter of Mankind iii. 35 Within a few months the second campaign followed, this time the wufan or ‘five-antis’ movement to root out bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, theft of state economic secrets and embezzlement in carrying out state contracts. 1966, 1971 [see Sanfan]. |