Mao's influence over Chinese politics declined severely after the Great Leap Forward, and the Sino-Soviet split (a term used to describe the split between Russian and China, which resulted in all Russian economic and military aid to cease) had produced a deep division within the Chinese leadership. A number of leaders, including the future chairman of China, Deng Xiaoping endorsed a more practical course. They argued that collectivization and industrialization had been pursued too quickly …
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…paramount leader. The word count excludes words like the, a, to, an, is, etc. Bibliography 1. Brown, Pete. 1999 The rise and suppression of the 'ultra-left' in the Chinese Cultural Revolution <http://www.flash.net/~comvoice/20cChinaLeft.html> (24th June 1999). 2. 1998. China 1959-1972: The Struggle Within <http://www.workers.org/marcy/china/2_index.html> (23rd June 1999). 3. Mao's Cultural Revolution - for what? <http://www.megastories.com/china/glossary/cultrev.htm> (23rd of June 1999). 4. Notes/Sheets given in class