Deng Xiaoping

(Wade-Giles) Teng Hsiao-ping,

[duhng shou-ping, dœng shyou-ping]

noun

1. 1904–97, Chinese Communist leader and China's de facto leader: held various titles in the Communist Party until his official retirement in 1989.

Deng Xiaoping

/ ˈdʌŋ ˈsjaʊpɪŋ /

noun

1. 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

Deng Xiaoping

1. 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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Issued under Deng Xiaoping, Document 19 was often presented to the outside world as a liberalizing gesture, since it criticized the excesses of the Cultural Revolution and permitted “normal religious activities” under state supervision.

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In December 1978, Deng Xiaoping accepted Carter’s conditions: continued U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, continuation of all U.S. treaties with Taiwan and a mere U.S. “acknowledgment,” not “recognition,” of China’s “position” on Taiwan.

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Former President Richard Nixon wrote a letter to Deng Xiaoping calling for Fang’s release.

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“The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths,” Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping famously said, according to state media.

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Speaking at the 11th Committee's Third Plenum in Beijing, the country's new leader Deng Xiaoping declared that it was time to embrace some elements of the free market.

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