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245. See Stuart R. Schram, "Mao Zedong a Hundred Years on," p. 136.
246. Svetlana Boym,
Common Places,
pp. 247 and 283ff.
247. "Speculation Rife as Deng Believed Dying."

 

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248. Liu Yida et al., "`Jinzhaopai' qidai qiangjiuLaizi Jingcheng laozihaode baogao zhi er."
249. "Collectible Edition of Deng's Writings Planned."
250. See "The Specter of Mao Zedong" below.
251. See Leys, "Is There Life After Mao?" p. 167.
252. Their number reportedly included Song Renqiong, Deng Liqun, and Song Ping. In 1993, for example, they were said to have petitioned Party Central to launch a national campaign to encourage the study of Mao's works. See Cai Yongmei, "Maorede shangpinhua," p. 64.
253. Or, as the formula runs in Chinese:
yi Deng Xiaoping jianshe you Zhongguo tese shehuizhuyide lilun wuzhuang quandang.
254. Zong Jun,
Zong shejishi.
255. See Deng Xiaoping,
Deng Xiaoping wenxuan,
vol. 3. See also Bao Zunxin's observations on the significance of this publication, "Huidao Mao Zedong, haishi chaoyue Mao Zedongcong
Deng Xiaoping wenxuan
disan juan chuban tanqi," pp. 16-18. Various study materials were produced in 1993 and 1995 to "consolidate the banner of Deng Xiaoping" further. See "Gonggu Jiang hexin, gaoju Deng Xiaoping qizhi." And in 1995 Deng Thought was officially endorsed as the ideological font of Party wisdom.
256. See, for example, Xing Bensi, "Shehuizhuyiguanshangde zhongda tupodu
Deng Xiaoping wenxuan
disan juan," pp. 5-14.
257. See Luo Bing, "Jinian Mao mingshou zao feiyi," p. 10. Deng set the stage for a possible future re-reevaluation of Mao by the Party as early as December 1978 when he said in regard to the major issues of Party history and Mao that "it is impossible and unnecessary for [these questions] to be resolved to our complete satisfaction. We must consider the broader issues, we can afford to be sketchy; it is impossible to clear up every detail, and unnecessary." See Deng, "Jiefang sixiang, shi shi qiu shi, tuanjie yizhi xiangqian kan,"
Deng Xiaoping wenxuan (1975-1982),
pp. 137-38.
258. Some of the details of such "experimentation" appear in official histories such as Hu Sheng, ed.,
Zhongguo gongchandangde qishi nian,
p. 486 et passim.
259. A far more balanced assessment of Mao's significance in this context can be found in Schram, "Mao Zedong a Hundred Years on," pp. 139-40.
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