He continued to write trenchant criticisms of the regime, and conduct polemics against Mao's former secretary Hu Qiaomu (1912-1993), a doctrinaire Marxist who had been behind his expulsion from the Party.
He continued to express sharp opinions about the regime, and engaged in debates against Mao's former secretary Hu Qiaomu (1912-1993), a staunch Marxist who had orchestrated his expulsion from the Party.