Talk:Deng Xiaoping
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Mao's immediate successor was Hua Guofeng, and not Deng. Deng had not been fully-rehabilitated from the Cultural Revolution purges in 1975. RobSFree Kyle! 15:12, October 25, 2021 (EDT)
- Deng was rehabilitated in 1974. He delivered Zhou Enlai's eulogy in January 1976, apparently the party's rising star. He was purged again in February and Hua Guofeng became premier. Hua was an unknown. His claim to fame, such as it was, was that he supervised the Mao museum in Shaoshan. It was a credential that allowed him to avoid being purged in the Cultural Revolution. Mao knew the Hua government couldn't last. He didn't care happened after he died. He was just trying to keep the peace between the Deng and Jiang Qing factions for a few months. Mao died in October 1976. Deng displaced Hua as top leader in December 1978. PeterKa (talk) 09:39, October 26, 2021 (EDT)