![]() Deng lived up to the people's expectations and displayed his far-sightedness as a strategist. The ten years of turmoil had made more and more people realize that it was high time to repudiate "Left" thinking and to set things to rights. In march 1978 he was elected Chairman of the Fifth national Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. With the strong backing of Ye Jianying and other veterans and in accordance with the People's wishes, in July 1977, at the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee, Deng was reinstated as Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee, Vice-Premier of the State Council, Vice-Chairman of the Military Commission and Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. Since Deng had made valuable contributions during the long revolutionary years, had waged a resolute struggle against the Gang of Four and had already achieved notable success in his efforts to restore order, he had earned enormous prestige in the Party and among the people. The new period and the new tasks called for the emergence of a new leader. What road should China take from now? This was the question troubling millions upon millions of people. Hundreds of problems were crying for solution, the "Left' thinking which had completely dominated the country for so many years was now deeply rooted and the economy was on the brink of collapse. The ten-year "cultural revolution" that had wreaked such have was finally brought to an end, and the country entered a new period of its history. Then in October, to general rejoicing, the Central Committee smashed the counter-revolutionary clique of the Gang of Four. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao Zedong died one after another, plunging the nation into mourning. Nineteen seventy-six is a year the Chinese people will never forget. They accused him of having been the behind-the -scenes instigator of the Tiananmen Incident of April 5, 1976, in which the people had poured out their love for the late Premier Zhou Enlai and their hatred for the Gang of Four, Deng was thus once again dismissed from all his posts inside and outside the Party, and once again dark clouds hung over the entire nation. Taking advantage of this situation, the Gang of Four stepped in and framed Deng Xiaoping. ![]() ![]() He therefore launched a movement to criticized Deng and to counter the "Right deviation of reversing correct verdicts", which plunged the country into turmoil again. Nevertheless, while Mao Zedong supported Deng Xiaoping in his administration of the day-to-day work of the central organs, he could not tolerate Deng's systematic correction of the mistakes arising from the "cultural revolution". His conviction that this was that the country needed reflected the interests and aspirations of the whole nation, and to the people's great satisfaction, noticeable results were achieved within a short period of time. ![]() We must be determined and daring." He called for efforts to bring about stability and unity and to develop the national economy. " There are a great many problems which we cannot solve without indomitable will. With all his energy Deng set about restoring order to the chaotic situation caused by the "cultural revolution". Jiang Qing had tried to prevent Deng's reinstatement from the outset, but it was in 1975 that the struggle between Deng and the Gang of Four became acute.
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