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Deng Xiaoping was Mao Zedong's de facto successor before Hua Guofeng.
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Is it true that Deng Xiaoping was Mao Zedong's de facto successor before Hua Guofeng?
No. Historical evidence indicates that Hua Guofeng, not Deng Xiaoping, was Mao Zedong's immediate successor and de facto leader before Deng came to power.
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Wikipedia: Deng Xiaoping. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping
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Notes that after Mao died, he was succeeded by Hua Guofeng.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: 5.7.05%3A Have the Chinese Found the Way to Predict Earthquakes%3F. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Seismology/Living_With_Earthquakes_in_The_Pacific_Northwest_(Yeats)/05%3A_Tectonic_Plates_Geologic_Time_and_Earthquakes/5.07%3A_Memories_of_the_Future%3B_The_Uncertain_Art_of_Earthquake_Forecasting/5.7.05%3A_Have_the_Chinese_Found_the_Way_to_Predict_Earthquakes%3F
Confirms Hua succeeded Mao as chairman and was projected as his rightful successor.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Hua Guofeng's cult of personality. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng's_cult_of_personality
Explicitly states Hua Guofeng was Mao's de facto successor, before Deng Xiaoping.
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Simple English Wikipedia: Simple English Wikipedia: History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976). (n.d.). Simple English Wikipedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China_(1949–1976)
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