Today, criticism, while still very few, is beginning with personalities like Deng Pufang, eldest son of
Deng Xiaoping.
After all, as
Deng Xiaoping promised, there would be room for various views within the Hong Kong government.
This was a huge departure from the party norms set by
Deng Xiaoping to stabilise the Chinese system after the ravages of the Mao era.
In 1997,
Deng Xiaoping Theory was established as the CPC's guiding theory.
This critical remark in no way undermines Zhang's great contribution to the understanding of
Deng Xiaoping and his foreign policy.
Zhang makes a convincing argument that
Deng Xiaoping calculatingly used the Chinese military instrument to achieve strategic, domestic, and personal goals.
There is hardly any literature discussing the economic advancement of modern China yet failing to make reference to
Deng Xiaoping. A towering figure in Chinese history, second only to Mao Zedong,
Deng Xiaoping formed part of Chinese politics from the day the People's Republic of China was proclaimed in Beijing, in 1949 (Shambaugh1993; Yang 1993).
1977: The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China,
Deng Xiaoping, returns to Chinese Government.
The CITIC Group formerly the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, is a state-owned investment company of the People's Republic of China, established by Rong Yiren in 1979 with the approval of
Deng Xiaoping. Its headquarters are in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
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