for the next two decades, ulanfu worked to balance the needs of the inner mongolian people and the demands of the communist party. in the 1950s, ulanfu’s balancing act became more difficult with the communist party’s land, social and political reforms aimed to tie inner mongolia closer to china. ulanfu struggled to preserve inner mongolian interests as well as the central government’s as tensions increased. his efforts to adapt the reforms to the needs of the local population lead to his downfall and made him the target of maoists.