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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University Students Assn. Volume 40, Number 1. May 23, 1977.

Three Components of New Leadership

Three Components of New Leadership

The new leadership consisted of three components; they were firstly the "ancients", such as Chu Teh and Tung Pi-wu (both 87); secondly, the younger functionaries who owed their rise to a demonstrated readiness to follow orders from the Maoist centre during the Cultural Revolution, such as Li Teh-sheng, Wang Hung-wen and Chang Ch'un page 3 ch'iao; and lastly the rehabilitated captives from the Liuist camp, the most prominent being Teng Hsiao-ping..

Chou En-lai played a particular role in the power struggles taking place. He was obviously the most important person next to Mao and commanded much of the administrative power of the government. Throughout his career he was able to make subtle shifts to accommodate the political climate of the time. Thus he adjusted himself to Liu's leadership and advocated the economic methods of the Soviet Union proposed by Liu.

During the Cultural Revolution he came under heavy attack by the Red Guards, but was able to come out of it relatively unscathed mainly due to Mao's personal intervention. This is quite understandable because despite Chou's association with Liu, Mao was aware of his valuable role as a moderator between the two factions and his exceptional administrative abilities.