Deng Xiaoping

American

[duhng shou-ping, dœng shyou-ping] / ˈdʌŋ ˌʃaʊˈpɪŋ, ˈdœŋ ˈʃyaʊˈpɪŋ /

(Wade-Giles) Teng Hsiao-ping,

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.

Deng Xiaoping British

/ 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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Deng Xiaoping Cultural

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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He enjoyed close ties with three generations of Chinese leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, the architect of China's economic opening up.

From Barron's

It is so powerful that being chairman of this body was the single position held by Deng Xiaoping as absolute ruler of China.

From BBC

Only a few years earlier had the country begun to experiment with market liberalizations under Deng Xiaoping.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths," former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said in a 1992 speech.

From Barron's

As a legal scholar in the 1970s, Jerome A. Cohen brought American ideas about law to Deng Xiaoping’s government.

From The Wall Street Journal

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