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| | Mao Zedong. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Mass mobilization, begun and led by Mao and his wife, Jiang Qing, was directed against the party leadership. |
 | | In 1969 Mao reasserted his party leadership by serving as chairman of the Ninth Communist Party Congress, and in 1970 he was named supreme commander of the nation and army. |
 | | A month later its leaders were purged and Maos surviving opponents, led by Deng Xiaoping, slowly regained power, pushing aside Maos successor, Hua Guofeng, and erasing the cult surrounding Mao. |
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