DENG XIAOPING
Name: Deng Xiaoping
Born: 22 August 1904 Guang'an, Sichuan, Chinese Empire
Died: 19 February 1997 Beijing
Deng Xiaoping listen (August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a
prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist
Party of China (CPC). Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of
government, but served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China
from 1978 to the early 1990s. He developed "Socialism with Chinese
characteristics" and Chinese economic reform, also known as the "socialist
market economy", and opened China to the global market.
Inheriting a China wrought with social and institutional woes left over from the
Cultural Revolution and other mass political movements of the Mao era, Deng was
the core of the "second generation" Communist Party leadership. Deng is
generally credited with developing China into one of the fastest growing
economies in the world and vastly raising the standard of living.
Name: Deng Xiaoping
Born: 22 August 1904 Guang'an, Sichuan, Chinese Empire
Died: 19 February 1997 Beijing
Deng Xiaoping listen (August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a
prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist
Party of China (CPC). Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of
government, but served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China
from 1978 to the early 1990s. He developed "Socialism with Chinese
characteristics" and Chinese economic reform, also known as the "socialist
market economy", and opened China to the global market.
Inheriting a China wrought with social and institutional woes left over from the
Cultural Revolution and other mass political movements of the Mao era, Deng was
the core of the "second generation" Communist Party leadership. Deng is
generally credited with developing China into one of the fastest growing
economies in the world and vastly raising the standard of living.