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

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James Carter
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Hua Guofeng in his first public appearance as China’s leader in 1976. (Xinhua via AP.)

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

Click here to read the article by James Carter.

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

China Stories is published twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

James Carter is Professor of History and part of the Nealis Program in Asian Studies at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He is the author of three books on China’s modern history, most recently Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai. Read more

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