however, there was a resurgence of "rebel" revolutionary
 attacks on government and party officials.
 These apparently were ordered by Mao to reverse the
 trend toward phasing out the more violent and disorderly
 aspects of the Cultural Revolution. A new
 Campaign launched against Liu Shao-chi and Teng
 Hsiao-ping at the end of March apparently was intended
 to prepare for their formal removal.
 The outcome of these latest developments cannot
 be predicted, beyond a general forecast of continued
 confusion with new "twists and turns" in the months
 ahead as the current leaders work to construct new
 administrative machinery from the wreckage of the
 old party and government apparatus. The course of
 the struggle during the December-January crisis,
 and the final victory of the center over power constellations
 on the periphery suggest, however, that
 over the longer run the prospect is for a unified
 China governed on strongly nationalistic principles.
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