Deng Xiaoping
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Deng Xiaoping 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. Emerging as China's most influentia
Deng in 1979
Deng Xiaoping at age 16, studying in France (1921)
Deng's name is spelled "Teng Hi Hien" on this employment card from the Hutchinson shoe factory in Châlette-sur-Loing, France, where he worked for eight months in 1922, and for another stint in 1923 where he was fired after one month, with the bottom note reading 'refused to work, do not take him back'
Deng Xiaoping in NRA uniform, 1937
Paramount leader
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Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure of the People's Republic of China. The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Lib
Deng Xiaoping
…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. Emerging as China's most influential figure after Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng consolidated…
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