au ș es cu ▁ha iled ▁it ▁as ▁" an ▁out standing ▁event ▁for ▁world ▁peace ▁and ▁det ente ". ▁North ▁Korea ▁also ▁con gr at ulated ▁" our ▁brother ly ▁neighbor ▁for ▁ending ▁long - host ile ▁relations ▁and ▁establish ing ▁diplom atic ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁US " ▁while ▁Cuba ▁and ▁Alban ia ▁open ly ▁den ounced ▁Be ij ing ▁as ▁tra itors ▁to ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁world ▁social ism ▁( Al ban ian ▁relations ▁with ▁China ▁had ▁been ▁d eter ior ating ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁the ▁announ cement ▁of ▁economic ▁re forms ▁by ▁the ▁new ▁leadership ▁caused ▁the ▁tiny ▁country ▁to ▁sever ▁all ▁contact ▁completely ). ▁ ▁D eng ▁becomes ▁Param ount ▁Le ader ▁Although ▁H ua ▁continued ▁in ▁his ▁leadership ▁role , ▁his ▁power ▁began ▁w an ing ▁the ▁moment ▁D eng ▁X ia op ing ▁returned ▁to ▁Be ij ing . ▁The ▁two ▁continued ▁to ▁co - rule ▁for ▁a ▁time , ▁but ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁rapidly ▁gain ing ▁power . ▁With ▁Ma o ▁and ▁Z hou ▁En la i ▁gone , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁one ▁else ▁in ▁China ▁with ▁his ▁experience ▁and ▁leadership ▁ab ilities ▁and ▁his ▁ideas ▁seemed ▁fresh ▁and ▁appe aling ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁H ua ' s ▁st ale ▁promotion ▁of ▁Ma o ▁Z ed ong ▁Th ought . ▁H ua ▁was ▁quickly ▁seen ▁as ▁being ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁vac uous ▁party ▁hack ▁with ▁no ▁ideas ▁of ▁his ▁own . ▁This ▁was ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7