How did the Cultural Revolution contribute to the rise of Deng Xiaoping after Mao Zedong's death?

A. The economic growth it produced encouraged leaders to pursue

more free market reforms.

B. The international outrage it created led Chinese citizens to prefer a

nationalist leader.

C. The chaos it created allowed leaders who strongly disagreed with

Mao Zedong to rise to power.

D. The widespread support it enjoyed convinced communists to

select a leader similar to Mao Zedong.