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History’s greatest mysteries: why did Mao’s chosen successor flee China?

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The People's Liberation Army

Lshac was second in command to mau from the twenties up to e 19 sixties. Ma came to distrust him, in large part because le had had a quite significant roll in shutting down the great leap forward of the ineteen fifties and 19 sixties - that went terrifically wrong. After mow's death, they basically pulled his greatlya forward policies away from the front line. They instituted instead, actually limited market reforms that looked very much like capitalism to many looking on. And soy she tried to send mau to an elevated, but actually less powerful position. But he wasn't having any of it. He felt extremely angry, and looked to another centre of

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