▁St alin ists ▁who ▁believed ▁in ▁orth odox ▁central ▁planning , ▁and ▁so cio - polit ical ▁conform ity . ▁This ▁group ▁generally ▁wanted ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁ways ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁restore ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁commun ist ▁world ▁was ▁China ' s ▁natural ▁friend . ▁In ▁particular , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁St alin ists ▁thought ▁that ▁D eng ▁X ia op ing ▁was ▁moving ▁too ▁far ▁in ▁dis m ant ling ▁Ma o ' s ▁legacy ▁and ▁allowing ▁greater ▁freedom ▁of ▁expression . ▁The ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁military , ▁which ▁compla ined ▁about ▁having ▁its ▁budget ▁cut ▁from ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁China ' s ▁total ▁G DP ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁ 5 % ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁Several ▁weapons ▁projects ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁during ▁the ▁' 7 0 s ▁were ▁dropped ▁due ▁to ▁being ▁too ▁expensive ▁and ▁unnecessary ▁and ▁gener als ▁also ▁object ed ▁at ▁being ▁asked ▁to ▁produce ▁consumer ▁goods ▁( a ▁common ▁practice ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ) ▁instead ▁of ▁receiving ▁badly ▁needed ▁defense ▁modern ization . ▁D eng ▁str essed ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁military ▁ob ed ience ▁to ▁party ▁direct ives , ▁rem inding ▁them ▁of ▁Ma o ' s ▁dict um ▁that ▁" The ▁party ▁must ▁control ▁the ▁gun , ▁but ▁the ▁gun ▁must ▁never ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁party ." ▁A ▁higher ▁degree ▁of ▁professional ism