1. Mr. Kuzmich IB Global Studies
Communism in Crisis:
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

12. 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"

13. 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

14. Gang of Four Trial

16. 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

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

18. Re-emergence of Deng 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

19. Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang