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  • Chinese politician who served as premier from 1976 to 1980. He succeeded Mao Zedong as chair of the Communist Party but was forced out of that position in 1981 by Deng Xiaoping.

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  • Mao appointed an ineffectual nobody called Hua Guofeng to succeed Zhou, and launched a campaign to “denounce Deng and hit back against a right-wing comeback.”

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

  • Mao appointed an ineffectual nobody called Hua Guofeng to succeed Zhou, and launched a campaign to “denounce Deng and hit back against a right-wing comeback.”

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

  • Mao appointed an ineffectual nobody called Hua Guofeng to succeed Zhou, and launched a campaign to 'denounce Deng and hit back against a right-wing comeback. "

    WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991

  • '' 'Hua Guofeng' '' (1921-2008) was a [[Chinese]] [[Communist]] leader, and succeeded [[Mao Zedong]] as Chairman of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] after Mao's death in 1976.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The flutter of mild rebellion came as Deng was struggling with Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, an ineffectual leader whose uninspired motto was "the two whatevers," meaning that China's leaders should try to rule by continuing to do whatever they believed a deceased Mao would have done.

    Surviving Mao, Revamping a Nation 2011

  • The author also offers astute insights into the reformist roles played by Hua Guofeng, Mao's immediate successor after his 1976 death, and by two of Deng's own associates, both ultimately purged by him, Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang.

    Surviving Mao, Revamping a Nation 2011

  • And yet she would never be accepted by the majority, and so he was forced to enlist the aid of Hua Guofeng.

    Judging Mao as a Man Mao Yushi 2011

  • Mao Zedong's heir apparent Hua Guofeng, a colorless if loyal security chief, lasted all of two years.

    A New Emperor Ascendant? 2008

  • Mao died on Sept. 9, 1976, and no sooner was former security chief Hua Guofeng instated as president and Party chairman than the Gang of Four was arrested.

    Deng's Revolution 2008

  • Hua Guofeng: Mao's hapless chosen successor did have a philosophy: whateverism (as in, "" Whatever Mao said should be defended '').

    Taking Power 2008

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