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Deng Xiaoping ( Chinese: 邓小平[ a]; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989.
Jul 21, 2024 · Deng Xiaoping (born August 22, 1904, Guang’an, Sichuan province, China—died February 19, 1997, Beijing) was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death in 1997. He abandoned many orthodox communist doctrines and attempted to incorporate elements of the free-enterprise system and other ...
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- Deng Xiaoping was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death in 1997. Although he eschewed the...
- As the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, Deng Xiaoping spearheaded changes in China tha...
- Deng Xiaoping engineered important reforms in almost all aspects of China’s political, economic, and social life. Most notable among his reforms we...
- Deng Xiaoping reportedly died from complications of Parkinson disease and a lung infection.
- Deng Xiaoping does not have a grave or tomb. Per his wishes, some of his organs were donated and the rest of his body was cremated. His ashes were...
Apr 2, 2014 · Deng Xiaoping was born Deng Xixian on August 22, 1904 in Guang’an, part of the Sichuan province of China. The son of a well-to-do landowner, Deng joined the Chinese Communist Party while in high ...
Jul 9, 2021 · Learn how Deng Xiaoping, a former Maoist protégé, transformed China from a revolutionary backwater to a global powerhouse. Discover his achievements, challenges and legacy in this profile by a historian.
Deng Xiaoping , or Teng Hsiao-p’ing, (born Aug. 22, 1904, Guang’an, Sichuan province, China—died Feb. 19, 1997, Beijing), Chinese communist leader, China’s most important figure from the late 1970s until his death. In the 1950s he became a vice-premier of the People’s Republic of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist ...
Feb 20, 1997 · Deng Xiaoping was born Deng Xixian to a landlord family in the heart of China's most populous province, Sichuan, on Aug. 22, 1904. The Deng household was the wealthiest in the village of Paifang. Mr.
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Oct 14, 2013 · About the Author. Ezra F. Vogel (1930-2020) is the author of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize, and of the international bestseller Japan as Number One. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University.
