Deng Xiaoping

[ duhng-shou-ping; Chinese dœng-shyou-ping ]

/ ˈdʌŋ ˌʃaʊˈpɪŋ; Chinese ˈdœŋ ˈʃyaʊˈpɪŋ /

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noun

1904–97, Chinese Communist leader and China's de facto leader: held various titles in the Communist Party until his official retirement in 1989.

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Also (Wade-Giles) Teng Hsiao-ping, Teng Hsiao-p'ing

[duhng-shyou-ping] /ˈdʌŋ ˈʃyaʊˈpɪŋ/ .

Words nearby Deng Xiaoping

den father, D.Eng., Denglish, D.Eng.S., dengue, Deng Xiaoping, Den Haag, Denham, Den Helder, deni, deniability

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How to use Deng Xiaoping in a sentence

Deng Xiaoping, the leader behind China’s reforms story, also transformed the approach by which the party ruled.
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In 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.
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Since Deng Xiaoping embraced market reforms in 1979, the Middle Kingdom has gone from strength to strength.
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This may be the most high-profile corporate divorce case since Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng broke up.
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Deng was also more liberal in her tastes than the 82-year-old Australian.
How Divorce Could Complicate Rupert Murdoch’s Business Empire|Peter Jukes|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For six years the Deng article was buried in the archives—until Thursday, when it was linked to a report of the imminent divorce.
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The divorce of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng has not come as a “huge surprise” to those who know the couple well.
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Deng quickly decked the assailant, achieving her own bit of YouTube immortality.
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I visited several hills detached from the great chain Khao Deng, which is only a few miles off.
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British Dictionary definitions for Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Teng Hsiao-ping

/ (ˈdʌŋ ˈsjaʊpɪŋ) /

noun

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

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.