
History’s greatest mysteries: why did Mao’s chosen successor flee China?
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The Leader of the Party Must Never Control the Gun, Part Two
Linnbow seemed to be clearly designated as the successor to maw. He was number two in the very opaque, very non transparent leadership of chinese party by the early 19 seventies. Linn himself wasn't actually that interested in pol it would seem by this time. The only other figure who now really felt he had to listen to even thugh he didn't always agree with him, sometimes treated him rather contemptuously. Thtwas the prime minister, joe n lye.
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