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 …showed first 75 words of 1629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1629 total…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