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Let's say Deng Xiaoping receives the same type of treatment that Liu Shaoqi did, and dies in 1969 during the Cultural Revolution as well. Assuming that Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, and Mao Zedong all die roughly the same as OTL under roughly the same circumstances, and that the Gang of Four still gets purged because they're just that unpopular, how would China look afterwards? I can't imagine Hua Guofeng being able to stay in control of the country, so I could see him being replaced somehow. The question is, who would take control of the People's Republic afterwards in Deng's absence?
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