{"id":23021,"date":"2008-08-22T22:28:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T05:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=23021"},"modified":"2008-08-23T09:20:54","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T16:20:54","slug":"successor-who-held-true-to-mao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/08\/successor-who-held-true-to-mao\/","title":{"rendered":"Successor Who Held True to Mao"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao as leader of China in 1976 and was later replaced by Deng Xiaoping, died this week at the age of 87. Mure Dickie reports in the Financial Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n