"With you in charge, I am at ease," Mao Zedong wrote in a note to his successor, Hua Guofeng. Mao's trust was misplaced.

[The China Project] Hua Guofeng’s short-lived reign as chairman and leader of China

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[The China Project] Hua Guofeng’s short-lived reign as chairman and leader of China