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Chinese economic reform
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1911 Revolution
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Hua Guofeng
Hua Guofeng (hwɑː; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008), was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The designated successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of supreme power by a coalition of party leaders between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002.
Deng Xiaoping
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Chinese nationalism
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Jiangsu
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South China Morning Post
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Socialist market economy
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People's Liberation Army
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