Deng Xiaoping Ousts Hua Guofeng – The Chinese Communist Party Central Work Conference of November-December 1978
In 1977, an internal power struggle erupted within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between Huá Guófēng (华国锋/華國鋒) and Dèng Xiǎopíng (邓小平/鄧小平). Hua Guofeng had succeeded Máo Zédōng (毛泽东/毛澤東) as the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1976. He pursued a policy of continuity, embodied in the slogan of the “Two Whatevers” (两个凡是). Deng, by contrast, propagated deeper reforms and…










