Deng Xiaoping
1904–97, Chinese Communist leader and China's de facto leader: held various titles in the Communist Party until his official retirement in 1989.
- Also (Wade-Giles) Teng Hsiao-ping, Teng Hsiao-p'ing [duhng-shyou-ping] /ˈdʌŋ ˈʃyaʊˈpɪŋ/ .
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Deng Xiaoping, the leader behind China’s reforms story, also transformed the approach by which the party ruled.
Butterfly Effect: Chinese Communism Turns 100. Will It Live to 200? | Charu Kasturi | July 1, 2021 | OzyIn 2018, foreign journalists noted how portraits at an exhibit for China’s 40 years of economic reforms—the Deng Xiaoping era—downplayed Deng and elevated president Xi Jingping and his father instead.
Weekend edition—100 years of China’s Communist Party, turnover fix, quitting your job | Susan Howson | June 26, 2021 | QuartzSince Deng Xiaoping embraced market reforms in 1979, the Middle Kingdom has gone from strength to strength.
Inside the Global Quest to Trace the Origins of COVID-19—and Predict Where It Will Go Next | Alice Park | July 23, 2020 | TimeIn 1989, Fang Lizhi wrote an open letter to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping demanding the release of political prisoners.
Chen's exaggerated report circulated among more senior leaders, and was used by then Premier Li Peng to alarm Deng Xiaoping.
Senior Chinese Leaders Flouted Rules to Call Out Troops in Tiananmen Square, New Book Says | Melinda Liu | June 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Deng Xiaoping invented the Four Modernizations, which justified the transformation of the planned economy to a market economy.
British Dictionary definitions for Deng Xiaoping
Teng Hsiao-ping
/ (ˈdʌŋ ˈsjaʊpɪŋ) /
1904–97, Chinese Communist statesman; deputy prime minister (1973–76; 1977–80) and the dominant figure in the Chinese government from 1977 until his death. He was twice removed from office (1967–73, 1976–77) and rehabilitated. He introduced economic liberalization, but suppressed demands for political reform, most notably in 1989 when over 2500 demonstrators were killed by the military in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
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Cultural definitions for Deng Xiaoping
[ (dung-show-ping) ]
A long-time leader of the Communist party in China, he was purged during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution for criticizing the excesses of Mao Zedong, but he returned to power in the 1970s and guided China on a course of pragmatic economic reforms.
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