![]() ![]() He argues that Deng deserves a central place in the pantheon of 20th-century leaders. Vogel, a Harvard professor, spent more than a decade writing the book. Vogel’s in "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" “a masterful new history of China's reform era” and “the clearest account so far of the revolution that turned China from a totalitarian backwater.into the power it has become today.” Pieced together from interviews and memoirs it is a massive book whose text runs to 714 pages. John Pomfret of the Washington Post called Ezra F. "China-Alive in a Bitter Sea" by Fox Butterfield, "To Get Rich is Glorious by Orville Schell "Coming Alive-China After Mao" by Roger Garside The Dragon Wakes" by Christopher Hibbert. Spence “China in the 21st Century” by Jeffrey Wasserstrom “The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China” edited by Jeffrey Wasserstrom covers the period from 1550 to the present day. "Cambridge History of China" multiple volumes (Cambridge University Press) "In Search of Modern China" by Jonathan D. Books about Modern China: "The Penguin History of Modern China" by Jonathan Fenby. Goodman (1994, Routledge) "Deng Xiaoping: Chronicle of an Empire" by Ruan Ming (1994, Westview Press) "Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China" by Richard Evans 1993, Hamish Hamilton) "Deng Xiaoping: My Father" by Deng Maomao (1995, Basic Books) "Deng Xiaoping: Portrait of a Chinese Statesman" edited by David Shambaugh (1995, Clarendon Paperbacks) "The New Emperors: Mao and Deng - a Dual Biography" by Harrison E. Professional Consultants) "Deng Xiaoping" by Uli Franz (1988, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) "Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Revolution: A Political Biography" by David S.G. Vogel (Belknap/Harvard University, 2011) "Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaoping" by Richard Baum (1996, Princeton University Press) "China After Deng Xiaoping: The Power Struggle in Beijing Since Tiananmen" by Willy Wo-lap Lam (1995, P.A. Wikipedia article on Economic Reforms in China Wikipedia Wikipedia article on Special Economic Zones Wikipedia History Websites: 1) Chaos Group of University of Maryland /history/toc 2) 3) Wikipedia article on the History of China Wikipedia 4) China Knowledge 5) e-book /files Links in this Website: Main China Page /china (Click History)īooks About Deng Xiaoping: "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra F. ![]() Good Websites and Sources on Deng Xiaoping: Wikipedia article Wikipedia CNN Profile cnn.com New York Times Obituary China Daily Profile. TIANANMEN SQUARE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND PRISONERS LEGACY OF TIANANMEN SQUARE: VICTIMS COPE, OTHERS FORGET TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE: VICTIMS, SOLDIERS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS ĭECISIONS BEHIND THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE ĪFTERMATH, IMPACT AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH OF TIANANMEN SQUARE TIANANMEN SQUARE AND EARLY OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS WEI JINGSHENG, FANG LIZHI, HARRY WU: DISSIDENTS, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND PRISONERS IN CHINA FROM THE 1990s POLITICAL REFORM AND SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY UNDER DENG XIAOPING įOREIGN POLICY UNDER DENG XIAOPING ĪGRICULTURE IN CHINA UNDER DENG XIAOPING ĭENG XIAOPING'S EARLY ECONOMIC REFORMS ĭENG XIAOPING STEPS UP HIS ECONOMIC REFORMS: SEZS AND HIS SOUTHERN TOUR RELATED ARTICLES IN THIS WEBSITE: AFTER MAO ĪFTER MAO: THE RISE OF DENG XIAOPING ĬHINA UNDER DENG XIAOPING: POLICIES, SPEECHES, SLOGANS AND POLITICS GNP increased 500 percent between 19 per capita annual income rose from a few hundred dollars to $1,800 savings increased 14,000 percent and export went from $10 billion a year to $153 billion.” According to a 1998 survey, Deng (pronounced "dung") was named the number one hero in China. Under Deng, China modernized more in 20 years than it did in the previous 200 years and rose from an economic backwater into one of the world's largest economies. ![]() For that, he struggled - and suffered - with courage and dedication," wrote Henry Kissinger. "Deng considered the ultimate purpose of his life to be reform. He never held the posts of head of state or head of government, but nevertheless succeeded Mao Zedong as China's paramount leader from 1978 to the early 1990s. " Deng was purged three times in his nearly 50 years in the party's upper ranks. His life was touched by all the major events of modern Chinese history and his 18 years as "paramount leader" dramatically changed the course of Chinese history. The last of the great revolutionary leaders of China and a Time Man of the Year twice (in 19), he was both a reformer and despot. Deng Xiaoping was the leader of China from 1978 (two years after Mao's death) until his death in February, 1997. ![]()
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