Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) was a Chinese politician who became the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s until the 1990s, without ever holding the formal titles of head of state or head of government. Twice purged from power during the Cultural Revolution and twice rehabilitated, he emerged after Mao Zedong's death as China's de facto leader and launched a program of market-oriented economic reform and opening to foreign trade and investment, described officially as 'socialism with Chinese characteristics,' that transformed China's economy over the following decades. His leadership also included the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters centered on Tiananmen Square, in which the military suppressed demonstrations with significant loss of life. He remains a central and contested figure in modern Chinese history, credited with China's subsequent economic rise while also directly responsible for that crackdown.
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RoleChinese statesman, revolutionary and political theorist; paramount leader of the People's Republic of China, 1978-1989 1 Role
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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Born into a landowning peasant family in Sichuan, Deng was introduced to Marxism-Leninism while studying and working in France during the 1920s as part of the Work-Study Movement.
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Twice purged from power during the Cultural Revolution and twice rehabilitated, he emerged after Mao Zedong's death as China's de facto leader and launched a program of market-oriented economic reform and opening to foreign trade and investment, described officially as 'socialism with Chinese characteristics,' that transformed China's economy over the following decades.
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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 (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
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