This man first brought Zhao Ziyang to prominence, then had him purged, and he served as commissar to Liu Bocheng. He formed a political alliance with Liu Shaoqi, and he later won a power struggle with Hua Guofeng, who had rehabilitated this man after he was purged after Zhou Enlai's death. A support
This man first brought Zhao Ziyang to prominence, then had him purged, and he served as commissar to Liu Bocheng. He formed a political alliance with Liu Shaoqi, and he later won a power struggle with Hua Guofeng, who had rehabilitated this man after he was purged after Zhou Enlai's death. A supporter of pragmatic economic policies, he introduced "socialism with Chinese characteristics," though late in his career he put down the Tiananmen Square protests. For 10 points, name this man who became the de facto leader of China following the death of Mao.
This man first brought Zhao Ziyang to prominence, then had him purged, and he served as commissar to Liu Bocheng.
{Deng} Xiaoping