Chinese communist politician, president 196065 and the most prominent victim of the 196669 leftist
Cultural Revolution. A Moscow-trained labour organizer, he was a firm proponent of the Soviet style of government based around disciplined one-party control, the use of incentive gradings, and priority for industry over agriculture. This was opposed by
Mao Zedong, but began to be implemented by Liu while he was state president 196065. Liu was brought down during the
Cultural Revolution.
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