Moderates

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The moderates of the Chinese Communist Party were Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xaioping, two men who had survived the Long March (October 1934 - October 1935) and were also very closely in power directly below Mao as the Head of State and Party Secretary, respectively. They were 'moderate' communists in that they believed the Chinese peasants were not being treated in the best way, or more specifically thought that the peasants should be given an incentive such as higher wages or larger plots of lands (depending on how hard they worked).