Deng Xiaoping was born on 22 August 1904 in Xiexing Town. A Chinese politician, Deng Xiaoping studied in France in the early 1920s, joined the Communist Party and took part in the Long March. He rose to senior positions but was purged twice during the Mao era, including in the Cultural Revolution. After Mao's death in 1976 he gradually became China's paramount leader, from 1978. He launched the policy of reform and opening up, which introduced market mechanisms, family farming and special economic zones such as Shenzhen, and initiated decades of rapid growth. He also backed the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. He devised the formula of one country, two systems for Hong Kong, and died in 1997, just before its return to Chinese rule.
Before and after
- 21 May 1904FIFA is founded in Paris
- 20 June 1904Founding of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
- 12 July 1904Birth of Pablo Neruda
- 15 July 1904Death of Anton Chekhov
- 22 August 1904Birth of Deng Xiaoping
- 2 October 1904Birth of Graham Greene
- 3 December 1904Discovery of Himalia
- 28 December 1904Discovery of 19P/Borrelly
- 1905October Manifesto
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