Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989. In the aftermath of Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng succeeded in consolidating power to lead China through a period of reform and opening up that transformed its economy into a socialist market economy. He is widely regarded as the "Architect of Modern China" for his contributions to socialism with Chinese characteristics and Deng Xiaoping Theory.
Why don’t more people talk about this guy? Literally the reason why China is what it is today,
turning it from a poor, famine stricken country under the latter stage of Mao’s tenure to the world’s second biggest economy (1st if you account for PPP), and will very likely overtake the US as the world’s superpower by 2050. Did all of this under a 20 year period as well.
Why don’t more people talk about this guy? Literally the reason why China is what it is today,
turning it from a poor, famine stricken country under the latter stage of Mao’s tenure to the world’s second biggest economy (1st if you account for PPP), and will very likely overtake the US as the world’s superpower by 2050. Did all of this under a 20 year period as well.
