POL 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Deng Xiaoping, Liu Shaoqi, Mao Zedong

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 314
• Professor: Deng

Document Summary

Succession the transfer of power to a younger person is a central issue in any political system. Power can be transferred through a legally established procedure, or through customary practice established through tradition or convention. Procedures for power sucession were not well established: from mao to deng, power succession became a big problem. The process of succession was full of traps and pitfalls. The first one, from mao to hua, was post-mortem: only the first one was post-mortem, xi jinping leadership that took over recently is considered the 5th generation of leadership. 2003-2013: co(cid:373)plete failu(cid:396)e of mao"s su(cid:272)(cid:272)essio(cid:374) st(cid:396)ategy. Was de facto leader and officially retired in 1989, but continued to hold power u(cid:374)til (cid:373)id (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)"s. Largely regular retirement, complete transfer of power to: liu shaoqi beame president of china in 1959, was purged in 1967 and died in prison in. September 1976: oo(cid:374) afte(cid:396) mao"s death, hua soo(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e a figu(cid:396)ehead due to a (cid:396)esu(cid:396)ge(cid:374)t deng.