A report on Deng Xiaoping
Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to 1992.
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Chinese Communist Party
35 linksFounding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
During the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping directed the CCP away from Maoist orthodoxy and towards a policy of economic liberalization.
Cultural Revolution
32 linksSociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976.
Sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976.
Meanwhile, tens of millions of people were persecuted: senior officials, most notably Chinese president Liu Shaoqi, along with Deng Xiaoping, Peng Dehuai, and He Long, were purged or exiled; millions were accused of being members of the Five Black Categories, suffering public humiliation, imprisonment, torture, hard labor, seizure of property, and sometimes execution or harassment into suicide; intellectuals were considered the "Stinking Old Ninth" and were widely persecuted—notable scholars and scientists such as Lao She, Fu Lei, Yao Tongbin, and Zhao Jiuzhang were killed or committed suicide.
Chinese economic reform
21 linksProgram of economic reforms termed "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China .
Program of economic reforms termed "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China .
Led by Deng Xiaoping, often credited as the "General Architect", the reforms were launched by reformists within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on December 18, 1978, during the "Boluan Fanzheng" period.
Zhou Enlai
23 linksThe first Premier of the People's Republic of China serving from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976.
The first Premier of the People's Republic of China serving from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976.
Although Zhou was succeeded by Hua Guofeng as First Vice Chairman and designated successor, Zhou's ally Deng Xiaoping was able to outmaneuver the Gang of Four politically and took Hua's place as paramount leader by 1978.
Mao Zedong
25 linksChinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he led as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he led as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976.
He was eventually forced to abandon the policy in 1962, and he lost political power to Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
19 linksThe Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989.
The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989.
Among the CCP's top leadership, Premier Li Peng and Party Elders Li Xiannian and Wang Zhen called for decisive action through violent suppression of the protesters, and ultimately managed to win over Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and President Yang Shangkun to their side.
Great Leap Forward
13 linksEconomic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962.
Economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962.
In 1959, Mao Zedong ceded day-to-day leadership to pragmatic moderates like Chinese President Liu Shaoqi and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, and the CCP studied the damage which was done at conferences which it held in 1960 and 1962, especially at the "Seven Thousand Cadres Conference".
Hua Guofeng
15 linksChinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China.
Between December 1978 and June 1981, a group of party veterans led by Deng Xiaoping, forced Hua from his position of paramount leader but allowed him to retain some titles.
Paramount leader
12 linksInformal term for the most prominent political leader in China.
Informal term for the most prominent political leader in China.
The term gained prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping (1978–1989), when he was able to wield political power without necessarily holding any official or formally significant party or government positions at any given time (head of state, head of government or CCP General Secretary).
Maoism
13 linksVariety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed for realising a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China.
Variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed for realising a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China.
From the 1950s until the Chinese economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s, Maoism was the political and military ideology of the Chinese Communist Party and of Maoist revolutionary movements throughout the world.