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1977

How Deng put China on the path to rule the world

December 31, 2021July 11, 2021 by Tony Walker

His reforms and ‘opening up’ policy saw the ‘bamboo curtain’ lifted and the economy liberated from the past

Categories Analysis Tags 1977, Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong, Revolutionary War, Sichuan, The Long Read Leave a comment

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