Chairman Mao Zedong's anointed successor, Hua Guofeng held power briefly in China between before reformists banished him from the pinnacle of the Communist Party. Known as the "Wise Leader" in contrast to Mao's "Dear Leader", Hua was the third of...

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Former Chinese Communist Party Chair Hua Guofeng attends the opening ceremony of the 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People in this October 15, 2007, file photo. Hua was briefly China's most powerful man until he...
Beijing - Hua Guofeng, the handpicked successor of the late Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong, has died in Beijing of an illness, state media reported Thursday. He was 87. Hua died at 12:50 pm Wednesday, the official Xinhua...
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