Mao's Forgotten Successor: The Political Career of Hua Guofeng

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.

Author: Robert Weatherley
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/30/2010
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230542471

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.