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Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao as China's leader, dead at 87

BEIJING - Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was quickly pushed aside in the prelude to reforms that launched the country's economic boom, died Wednesday at the age of 87, the state-run media reported. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Wed, Aug 20 2008

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