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Communism in Crisis: 1976 - 1989

Communism in Crisis: 1976 - 1989. Mr. Kuzmich IB Global Studies. China after Mao Zedong. The struggle for power following Mao’s death Hua Guofeng Re-emergence of Deng Xiaoping Defeat of the Gang of Four. Who greeted President Nixon in China?. Zhou Enlai Passes Away January 1976.

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Communism in Crisis: 1976 - 1989

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  1. Communism in Crisis: 1976 - 1989 Mr. Kuzmich IB Global Studies

  2. China after Mao Zedong • The struggle for power following Mao’s death • Hua Guofeng • Re-emergence of Deng Xiaoping • Defeat of the Gang of Four

  3. Who greeted President Nixon in China?

  4. Zhou Enlai Passes Away January 1976

  5. The struggle for power following Mao’s death • Mao passed away on September 9, 1976 • Power struggle for control of China

  6. The struggle for power following Mao’s death • Left – Gang of Four - militant • Continue policy of revolutionary mass mobilization • Jiang Qing, Yao Wenyuan, Zhang Chunqiao, and Wang Hongwen • Chen Boda and Lin Biao - associates

  7. Gang of Four

  8. The struggle for power following Mao’s death • Reformers - Pragmatists • Led by Deng Xiaoping • wanted to overhaul the Chinese economy based on market-oriented policies and to de-emphasize the role of Maoist ideology in determining economic and political policy.

  9. Deng Xioaping

  10. The struggle for power following Mao’s death • Center-right wing (restorationists) • Hua Guofeng • Opposed the policies of revolutionary mass mobilization • Return to centralized planning based on the Soviet model

  11. Hua Guofeng • Credited for quickly ousting the Gang of Four • Emergence marked the end of the Cultural Revolution • Denounced for promoting the Two Whatevers policy • "We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave"

  12. Defeat of the Gang of Four • The "Gang" had arranged for Deng Xiaoping's purge in April 1976 • Hua won the Army to his side • Blamed the Gang of Four for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution and had them arrested • Put on a “show trial” in 1981 and imprisoned

  13. Gang of Four Trial - 1981

  14. New Politburo - 1977 • “Unity, stability, and cooperation” • Chairman Hua – supported by nine members • Rehabilitated Deng Xiaoping – supported by nine members • General Ye Jianying – supported by three members

  15. Two Whatevers Policy • “We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.”

  16. Re-emergence ofDeng Xiaoping • Gradually gained control of the CCP • Unimportance of official titles • Political leaders who lost a power struggle would not be physically harmed or jailed

  17. Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang

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