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Ever since Edgar Snow's report 50 years ago, it has been well-known that Mao Zedong's rebellious life started first with his defiance of his father. Mao senior wanted his son to work in the fields, while Mao junior wanted to read books; his father wanted him to stay at home pursuing a practical job, while he wanted to leave home for a better education and a more interesting career. The case of Deng Xiaoping seems just the opposite.
The Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has experienced many vicissitudes since its founding in July 1979. These have reflected both the struggle and changes in fortune in China's theoretical circles after the Cultural Revolution, and the struggle between the reformists and the die-hard conservatives.