Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Introduction |
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Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1980-12-3
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Reference number: MC2806-466
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Scope and Content
A trial scenario is used to represent the ouster of Hua Kuo-Feng(Hua Guofeng) from power by Deng Xiaoping, with the broken statue of Mao Tse-tung, marking a departure from the past direction of China.
Title
Guilty? MAO or Less
Caption
"Do you plead guilty?" and Hua says, "Mao or less."
Persons
Hua Kuo Feng
- Born in the People's Republic of China, February 16, 1921
- Mao Tse-tung's designated successor as leader of the Communist Party of China, April 1976 to September 1980
- Brought the Cultural Revolution to an end
- Forced into early retirement by Deng Xiaoping, 1980
Mao Tse-tung
- Born December 26, 1893
- Died September 9, 1976
- Surname also spelled "Zedong"
- Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, 1943 Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, 1945 to 1976
- Ruled Mainland China after Chinese Communist Party victory in the Chinese Civil War over the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists)
- Declared the formation of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square, October 1, 1949
Deng Xiaoping
- Born August 22, 1904
- Died February 19, 1997
- Leader in the Communist Party of China (CPC)
- Effectively ruler of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s
- Pioneered "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and Chinese economic reform, accused of making China more capitalist
- Received much of the blame for the deaths in the Tiananmen Square protests, 1989
- Stepped down as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, 1989
- Retired from politics, 1992