Post-Mao PRC: The Rise of Deng Xiaoping, 1976-1989

Normalization, 1970-76

Removal of Lin Biao

Rapprochement with the United States

Reconstruction of Communist Party

Reopening of universities

Factionalism, 1971-78

Mao?

CR Supporters

Lin Biao, Dies 1971

*"Gang of Four"

Jiang Qing

Pragmatists

Zhou Enlai

Deng Xiaoping

Chen Yun

Changing of the guard, 1975-1976

*Chiang Kai-shek, April 5, 1975

Reconsideration of Chiang's legacy in Taiwan under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2017

*Zhou Enlai, Jan. 8, 1976

Deng Xiaoping gives eulogy

Spontaneous public memorial

Qingming eve, April 4

Mao purges Deng, April 7

*Zhu De, July 9, 1976

Tangshan, Hebei earthquake, July 28, 1976

7.8 Richter scale

250,000? killed

*Chairman Mao, Sept. 9, 1976

*Hua Guofeng "Era," 1976-77

Mao's designated successor

Succeeds Zhou Enlai as premier, 1976

Neutral figure

Hua's attempt to consolidate power

Arrest of Gang of Four, Oct. 6, 1976

Hua’s title’s

Chair of Central Committee

Chair of Central Military Commission

Premier

*Deng Xiaoping (1903-1997)

Purged after public mourning of Zhou Enlai, April 1976

Military protection in Canton

Returns to Beijing, Summer 1977

Support of military

Factionalism

Hua's faction: “Whateverists”

Deng Xiaoping's faction: “Practice”

Convictions vs. connections

“Practice is the sole criterion of truth”

Deng Consolidates Power

Chairman of Central Military Commission, late 1978-1993

*Hu Yaobang

Long march veteran

Secretary-general of CCP, 1980

Chairman of Central committee, 1981

*Zhao Ziyang

Underground organizer

Premier, 1980

Hua Guofeng

Retires, 1981

Full diplomatic relations with U.S., Jan. 1, 1979

Carter administration

Diplomatic relations with Taiwan cut

Embassies renamed “Institutes”