Strategists & Statesmen · Modern
Deng Xiaoping: Reform and Opening
The thrice-purged revolutionary who led China after Mao: household farming, special economic zones, 'seek truth from facts', opening to the US and Japan, Tiananmen 1989, the 1992 southern tour, and the growth miracle he started.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Mao. Next: China's political system; Lee Kuan Yew. Sources: Ezra Vogel, *Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China* (2011); Barry Naughton, *The Chinese Economy* (2nd ed., 2018); World Bank.Next: 1. Life