Hua Guofeng, an obscure functionary who briefly served as the handpicked successor to Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong, died Aug. 20 in the Chinese capital. He was reportedly 87, and no cause ...

Why did Mao Zedong choose Hua Guofeng as his successor? Maybe the answer spans Hua Guofeng's whole life.

Hua Guofeng briefly ruled China as the successor to Mao Zedong but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that led to an economic boom. He died at age 87 on Aug. 20, 2008.He took power after Mao ...

Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as Mao Zedong's handpicked successor before being toppled by reformists, died Wednesday. He was 87.

Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as China's Communist Party leader for a short period before being brushed aside by economic reformers 30 years ago, died in the Chinese capital Wednesday ...

Hua Guofeng, Mao Zedong's hand-picked successor, has died in Beijing at age 87, following an unspecified illness, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.

BEIJING–The man who tried, but failed, to fill the shoes of Mao Zedong, died yesterday. State television announced last night Hua Guofeng – once briefly the most powerful man in China after he ...

Hua Guofeng, chosen by an ailing Mao Zedong as his successor in 1976, died in Beijing at the age of 87 on Wednesday.

BEIJING — Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that launched an economic boom, died Wednesday at the age ...

Why did Mao Zedong choose Hua Guofeng as his successor? Maybe the answer spans Hua Guofeng's whole life. As China's top leader after Mao, Hua had played a role turning the tide in Chinese history ...

Hua Guofeng briefly ruled China as the successor to Mao Zedong but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that led to an economic boom. He died at age 87 on Aug. 20, 2008.He took power after Mao ...