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Deng Xiaoping

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Deng Xiaoping
A 20th-century Chinese statesman. Active in the Communist Party of China throughout his entire career, he served as China's de facto leader from 1978 until 1992. He was the major force behind China's pro-market reforms, including the establishment of a private sector and the acceptance of international trade. His reforms are credited with turning China into a global economic player. Deng lived from 1904 to 1997.


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HONG KONG, June 1 Kyodo Cardinal Joseph Zen, former head of Hong Kong's Catholic diocese, said Monday that China should do justice to victims of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown 20 years ago even though it may fault the late leader Deng Xiaoping.
We are probably close to the end if not already at the end of what one now calls the Deng Xiaoping doctrine of lying low," he told reporters at a press conference, referring to the man who led China from 1978 to 1997.
During his presidency, Carter normalised US relations with China as the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping initiated the market economic reforms that have led to unprecedented economic growth in the world's most populous nation.
 
 
 
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