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Dčng Xiǎopíng ( Traditional Chinese; Simplified Chinese; Teng Hsiao-p'ing; pronounced "Dung Shyao-ping") ( August 22, 1904 - February 19, 1997) was a revolutionary elder in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who served as the " de facto" ruler of the People's Republic of China from 1976 to 1997, forming the core of the " second generation" CPC leadership. Under his tutelage, China developed one of the fastest growing economies in the world.1 Background
Deng was born Deng Xixian (鄧希賢/邓希贤) in Paifang Village in Xiexing township, Guang'an County, Sichuan Province.
He was educated in France, where many notable Asian revolutionaries, such as Ho Chi Minh and Zhou Enlai, discovered Marxism-LeninismMarxism-Leninism is a term used to denote several different (and sometimes opposing) branches of Marxist thought: Strictly speaking, Marxism-Leninism refers to the version of Marxist theory developed by Vladimir Lenin; see Leninism. Leon Trotsky and his s.
Deng married three times. His first wife, Zhang Xiyuan, one of his schoolmates from MoscowMoscow ( Russian: Moskva capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878. The city's population is rapidly increasing, with 11. 2 million inhabitants counted in 2004. The city is in the federal district called Central Russia (which is, died when she was 24, a few days after giving birth to Deng's first child, a baby girl, who also died. His second wife, Jin Weiying, left him after he came under political attack in 1933.
His third wife, Zhuo LinZhuo Lin ( Wade-Giles: Chuo Lin) was the third wife of Deng Xiaoping. The daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, and a year later married Deng in front of Mao's cave dwelling in Yan'an., was the daughter of an industrialist in YunnanYunnan ( Simplified Chinese: , Traditional: , pinyin: Yunnan) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. Yunnan Sheng ''Province Abbreviation(s): (Din) or (Yun Capital Kunming Area Total % water Province. She became a member of the Communist Party in 1938, and a year later married Deng in front of Mao's cave dwelling in Yan'anYan'an (, pinyin Yan'n, or Yen-an in Wade-Giles), is a city in Shaanxi province, China. It was the destination of the Long March and the center of Chinese Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948. Chinese Communists celebrate Yan'an as the birthplace of the. They had 5 children: 3 daughters (Deng Lin, Deng NanDeng Nan ( pinyin Deng Nan, born 1945) is the second daughter of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin. She became vice minister of the State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of China. Some people consider her to belong to th, Deng Rong) and 2 sons ( Deng PufangDeng Pufang ( pinyin deng4 pu2 fang1), born in 1944, is the first son of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin. He is considered a member of the Crown Prince Party. During the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and his family were targeted by Mao Zedo, Deng Zhifang).
2 Early career
He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) while he was a student, and was a veteran of the Long MarchAlternative meaning: Long March rocket The Long March (, pinyin Changzheng was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Communist Army to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. The Communist Army of the Chinese Soviet Republic, led by Mao Z and an old fellow combatant of Mao Zedong.
Mao named Deng General Secretary of the Communist Party soon after the Revolution.
After officially supporting Mao Zedong in his Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957, Deng became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and ran the country's daily affairs with then State President Liu Shaoqi. Amid growing disenchantment with Mao's Great Leap Forward, Deng and Liu gained influence within the CPC. They embarked on economic reforms that bolstered their prestige among the party apparatus and the national populace.
Mao grew apprehensive, fearing that he would be reduced to a mere figurehead and launched the Cultural Revolution, during which Deng fell out of favor and had to retire from his offices, but returned in 1974. A second downfall in 1976 did not prevent him from a second return soon after Mao's death in the same year.
