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The 1970 was a tumultuous decade in the history of the CCP. Plagued by political extremism & acrimonious leadership infighting, the decade saw the demise of Lin Biao, the rise & fall of the radical Gang of Four (including another potential successor Wang Hongwen), the death of Zhou Enlai & Mao in 1976, the emergence of a complete outsider as leader in the shape of Hua Guofeng & the subsequent & rapid eclipse of Hua by Deng Xiaoping, returning from his second period of political exile. The emergence of Deng was of huge significance in that it marked the end of radical Maoism & the beginning of a new era of economic reform. After decades of political instability the party in effect turned its back on the discredited Maoist paradigms of mass mobilization & charismatic legitimacy & re-invented itself as the party of economic performance based on the program of the Four Modernization. Adapted from the source document.