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Mao's Forgotten Successor

The Political Career of Hua Guofeng

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Authors:
  1. Robert Weatherley

    1. Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, UK
      Mills Reeve LLP, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Young Revolutionary: Hua in Shanxi (1921–49)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 20-42

  4. Towards Rural Reform: Hua in Hunan (1949–57)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 43-68

  5. The Great Leap Forward and the Post-Leap Recovery Period: Hua in Hunan (1958–65)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 69-91

  6. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Hua in Hunan (1966–70)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 92-111

  7. Entering the Centre: Hua in Beijing (1971–6)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 112-140

  8. The Return of Deng Xiaoping: Hua in Decline (1977–80)

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 141-167

  9. Conclusion

    • Robert Weatherley
    Pages 168-176

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 177-203
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Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then this fall was even more so.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, UK

    Robert Weatherley

  • Mills Reeve LLP, UK

    Robert Weatherley

About the author

ROBERT WEATHERLEY is an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a lawyer with the English law firm Mills & Reeve LLP, and heads the firm's China group. He is the author of The Discourse of Human Rights in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999) and Politics in China since 1949.

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