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Jul 3, 2024 · Deng’s superior political skills and broad base of support soon led Hua to surrender the premiership and the chairmanship to protégés of Deng in 1980–81. Zhao Ziyang became premier of the government, and Hu Yaobang became general secretary of the CCP; both men looked to Deng for guidance.
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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...
2 days ago · Deng Xiaoping (Chinese: 邓小平; 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.
Jun 21, 2024 · In a tour of Africa in late 1963 and early 1964, Zhou Enlai startled his hosts by calling for revolution in newly independent states and openly challenging the Soviet Union for the leadership of the Third World.
Jun 21, 2024 · In early 1973 Zhou and Mao brought Deng Xiaoping back to power in the hope of grooming him as a successor. But Deng had been the second most-important victim purged by the radicals during the Cultural Revolution, and his reemergence made Jiang Qing, by then head of the radicals, and her followers desperate to return things to a more radical path.
3 days ago · On 1 January 1979, the People's Republic of China formally established its diplomatic relations with the United States. [116] In January 1979, Deng Xiaoping visited the United States, which was first official visit by a paramount leader of China to the United States. [117]
Jul 10, 2024 · Forty years ago, in December 1978, Deng Xiaoping delivered his historic speech — "Emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, and unite as one to face the future" — setting into motion the four astonishing decades of reform and opening up that transformed China into the world's second largest economy.
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Jun 24, 2024 · In 1971, after a relatively productive conversation with two Soviet diplomats, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai exploded when one of them raised the issue of a People’s Daily article that they believed called for the Soviet people to start a revolution. Zhou noted that the Soviet Union was hosting Wang Ming, an early CCP leader who had clashed with ...
