A leading organizer in the Kiangsi Soviet, he led the Second Field Army during his country's civil war and his superiority in the political arena engineered the appointments of Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang. Allying himself with Liu Shaoqi made him a target of the Cultural Revolution, and near the end of his career Jiang Zemin replaced him as head of the Military Commission. Power struggles came to a halt after he became Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army, which he used to assert dominance and later put down student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. FTP, identify this Chinese leader.
A leading organizer in the Kiangsi Soviet, he led the Second Field Army during his country's civil war and his superiority in the political arena engineered the appointments of Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang. Allying himself with Liu Shaoqi made him a target of the Cultural Revolution, and near the end of his career Jiang Zemin replaced him as head of the Military Commission. Power struggles came to a halt after he became Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army, which he used to assert dominance and later put down student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. FTP, identify this Chinese leader.
A leading organizer in the Kiangsi Soviet, he led the Second Field Army during his country's civil war and his superiority in the political arena engineered the appointments of Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang.
{Deng} Xiaoping