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POLITICO Magazine
April 1, 2018
Perhaps it's envy that Xi, the strongest Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, effectively just became president for as long as he so chooses. American presidents have long treated Japan as their closest ally in Asia. What if Trump pivoted to China? As Trump told Republican donors at his Mar-a-Lago estateÃÂ ...
The Japan News
March 30, 2018
By Hiroyuki Sugiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior WriterAt the recently finished annual session of the National People's Congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated that the “reform and opening up” program that had shaped China since it was launched in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping would continue.
The Japan News
March 30, 2018
By Hiroyuki Sugiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior WriterAt the recently finished annual session of the National People's Congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated that the “reform and opening up” program that had shaped China since it was launched in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping would continue.
Asia Times
March 24, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping is clearly a clever tactician, but the Group of Seven nations and world markets are left hoping that he is a visionary as well. Photo: Reuters / Arnd Wiegmann. Oh, to be a fly on Xi Jinping's wall. Many Sinologists would pay dearly to be just that as the leader of the most populousÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
March 11, 2018
The amendment ends a 1982 system enacted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping that set a limit of two presidential terms in order to prevent lifelong dictatorship. The move, passed during the communist country's annual parliamentary session in Beijing, has raised concerns both inside China andÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
March 9, 2018
This would be an exceedingly clear signal that the “Deng Xiaoping framework” of Chinese high politics, under which lifelong rule by a single strongman gave way to regular retirement, rotations, and collective decision-making, has collapsed, and that Xi will remain in power for the foreseeable future.
Foreign Policy Research Institute
March 9, 2018
Upon Mao's death, power passed to a very different leader—a pragmatist and reformer named Deng Xiaoping. Deng not only set China on a course of modernization, he also instituted constitutional changes designed to prevent a recurrence of Mao's forty-year despotism. Henceforth, China's leaders wouldÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
March 6, 2018
Does collective leadership work? And, to what extent are some of the key elements of Deng Xiaoping Theory being negated? While Deng's political reforms created a system that many non-Chinese observers have praised in hindsight given their dismay at the new reforms, the system didn't work very well.
Inquirer.net
March 5, 2018
The abolishment of a lifetime tenure in Chinese leadership was enacted in 1982 by Deng Xiaoping, former politician and Chinese revolutionary, to prevent another bloody dictatorship from happening, as was seen in Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. That enactment will be upturned with theÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
March 1, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Plans to establish term limits for Chinese leaders, which current President Xi Jinping (習近平) wants to do away with, date back four decades to Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平), reports said Thursday. Xi has incurred international criticism for his moves, which have earned him accusationsÃÂ ...
Livemint
February 28, 2018
In terms of leadership style and choice of policies, Xi is more Mao Zedong than Deng Xiaoping. While Mao believed in helping revolutionary movements around the world, Deng's approach was informed by his mantra of “hide your strength, bide your time”. Xi's China is moving back, closer to Mao,ÃÂ ...
Quartz
February 26, 2018
There have been two transformational leaders in China since Mao Zedong ruled the country with an iron fist. One was Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader in the 1980s who lifted China out of backwardness with economic reforms, highlighted by his motto “Hide your strength, bide your time.” The other isÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
February 22, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China has removed the grandson-in-law of its late leader Deng Xiaoping from the head of the Anbang Insurance Group and is planning to prosecute him, reports said Friday. Wu Xiaohui, who is married to Deng's granddaughter Zhuo Ran, has been under investigation since lastÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Sun
December 31, 1999
Once passed, the constitutional amendment would upend a system enacted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prevent a return to the bloody excesses of a lifelong dictatorship typified by Mao Zedong's chaotic 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. "Deng Xiaoping's abolishment of lifetime tenureÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Herald
February 19, 2018
In 1997, Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping), the last of China's major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92. Ten years ago: An ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power; his brother Raul was later named to succeed him. President George W. Bush, visitingÃÂ ...
Youngstown Vindicator
February 19, 2018
1997: Deng Xiaoping, the last of China's major Communist revolutionaries, dies at age 92. 2017: Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters rally in Boston and other cities to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research. VINDICATOR FILES. 1993: A thiefÃÂ ...
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
February 19, 2018
There are three transformational leaders in modern history who adopted this kind of "mad" idea and achieved it: Emperor Meiji in Japan, Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore, and Deng Xiaoping in China. Under Emperor Meiji, Japan was transformed from a traditionalist backwater into a modern society. At oneÃÂ ...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 19, 2018
TOKYO -- The Winter Olympics in South Korea has been reduced to a backdrop for some geopolitical intrigue. While the world's eyes have been on Pyeongchang, one pair in Beijing has been focused on Washington. Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to find out if U.S. President Donald Trump is seriousÃÂ ...
WTOP
February 19, 2018
In 1997, Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping), the last of China's major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92. Ten years ago: An ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power; his brother Raul was later named to succeed him. President George W. Bush, visitingÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
February 18, 2018
1997: Deng Xiaoping. 1997: Deng Xiaoping. In 1997, Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping), the last of China's major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92. APÃÂ ...
China Worker
February 18, 2018
The gigantic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has assumed increasing importance for the regime of China's 'strongman' Xi Jinping. The BRI, also known as OBOR (One Belt One Road), is “the world's biggest building project” according to the Guardian newspaper. It's ambition is to link more than 65 countriesÃÂ ...
Yahoo7 News
February 18, 2018
1997 - Death at 92 of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who guided the country from political chaos and economic ruin toward prosperity in the post-Mao era. 1999 - Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, a leading Iraqi Shi'ite Moslem cleric, and his two sons are assassinated. 2007 - Two bombsÃÂ ...
TODAYonline
February 18, 2018
The last major fight between a Chinese leader and the military came after Deng Xiaoping took power in 1978. He chastised the PLA as “having grown fat” after it fought a disastrous 27-day war with Vietnam in 1979 that cost tens of thousands of lives and followed up by forcing military reforms and troop cuts.
tirto.id (Siaran Pers) (Blog)
February 18, 2018
Dua penyakit itulah yang merenggut nyawa Deng Xiaoping pada 19 Februari 1997, tepat hari ini 21 tahun yang lalu, di usia 92. Meski sudah ada semacam kesiapan, mengingat kondisi fisiknya sudah melemah sejak awal 1990-an, rakyat Republik Rakyat Cina (RRC) tetap dirundung duka yang mendalamÃÂ ...
merdeka.com
February 16, 2018
Merdeka.com - Jika tak ada Deng Xiaoping mungkin China masih akan menjadi negara miskin dan terbelakang hari ini. Dialah orang yang mereformasi perekonomian China hingga menjadi salah satu raksasa ekonomi dunia. Deng sukses mengubah negara kelaparan itu menjadi kekuatan ekonomi yangÃÂ ...
Global Times
February 16, 2018
Modern China's economic miracle is defined by the powerful reforms that began under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. While there are some who believe that post-Mao reforms didn't make much of a difference, a simple extrapolation exercise says otherwise. Over the 1997 to 2015 period, China's real perÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
February 16, 2018
In the 1990s, under the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, Beijing implemented a foreign policy that leaned toward slogans such as "hide our capacities and bide our time," which meant "maintaining a low profile" to focus on developing the country, according to the party-owned Global Times newspaper.
Times Higher Education (THE)
February 15, 2018
I don't know whether Deng Xiaoping, who studied Taiwan's success, as Overholt notes, knew its history. He praises Deng, leader of the People's Republic from 1978 until 1989, throughout his book and praises his biographer Ezra Vogel more than anyone else in his acknowledgements. For a more criticalÃÂ ...
News18
January 27, 2018
Doklam 2.0 Will Happen, India Has to Stay Alive and Alert Like Deng Xiaoping; 'Out of Control With Blessings of His MLA Dad': Mohammad Nalapad's Scrapes With the Law; Rajdhani, Shatabdi Coaches Will be Used in Trains 'Patronised by Poor'; Activists Launch Campaign to Protect 156-year-oldÃÂ ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
December 31, 1999
The two countries had no relations whatsoever from 1949, when Mao Zedong's communists took power, to 1979, when Jimmy Carter and Deng Xiaoping established diplomatic ties that have endured through good times and tension ever since. The relationship is usually cordial, but the long game is one ofÃÂ ...
The Australian
December 14, 2017
For its part, China camouflaged its global ambitions. Obeying Deng Xiaoping's maxim to “hide our capabilities and bide our time”, it built itself into a manufacturing colossus and the world's largest trader, amassed “hard” military power and projected “soft” influence, sometimes covert and bought with cash.
Business Day
December 14, 2017
As the paramount leader of China during the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping turned away from a centrally planned economy and unleashed the power of the market. TONY LEON: Zuma's Munchausen syndrome has damaged all the country's... All of which proves that capitalism and democracy are not mutuallyÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
December 14, 2017
After all, leadership is not without costs, and Chinese leaders have to calculate very carefully. In addition, the diplomatic doctrine set up by Deng Xiaoping — “hide your light and bide your time” — is still lingering in the air. Although China has been behaving more assertively and proactively in global affairs,ÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
December 14, 2017
The constitution now introduces “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” as a guide for party action alongside “Mao Zedong Thought” and “Deng Xiaoping Theory.” China's previous leaders, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, are also included in the party constitution throughÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
November 30, 2017
... anointed his country's supreme leader. By enshrining so-called Xi Jinping Thought in the CPC charter, party members established Xi alongside the People's Republic's two historical giants, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping – the only other Chinese leaders with officially recognised eponymous ideologies.
Millennium Post
November 30, 2017
But the same CCP, under Deng Xiaoping, took to the capitalist path and introduced reforms. Mao died in 1976, leaving the liberal Deng Xiaoping (DUNG she-YOW-PING) in charge of the CCP. Though the CCP's repressive policies eased somewhat, the party maintained a tight grip on the spheres of ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 30, 2017
Beijing has turned the volume up and down on nationalistic sentiments for decades without facing any major backlash. If anything, Chinese nationalism is only intensifying under President Xi Jinping, who has established himself as China's most powerful leader since Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s. Moreover ...
South China Morning Post
November 28, 2017
Chinese leaders: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP. Still, I think more can and should be done to root out nonperformers. I have a wonderful colleague named David Pang who helps out with our companies' efforts to lift the poor around China from conditions of ...
The Diplomat
November 17, 2017
... the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC) — and Deng Xiaoping — the person who launched China's economic reform.
South China Morning Post
November 16, 2017
Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater impact than Deng Xiaoping, who reformed China's economy. Deng's approach included four ...
Times of India
November 15, 2017
Xi Jinping has also acquired the status of Mao+ and his successor Deng Xiaoping in the party as he is the only leader after them whose thought ...
Washington Examiner
November 8, 2017
In fact, China's economy only exploded after Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang introduced major liberalization reforms to turn China into an ...
ecns
November 7, 2017
"When (China) first started its growth following Deng Xiaoping, it was focused internally. And now it's playing a very important role on the ...
South China Morning Post
November 1, 2017
A further look at China's growth model would help. I believe Xi's vision of China's renaissance is more ambitious than that of Deng Xiaoping, ...
The Diplomat
October 30, 2017
After Deng Xiaoping took over the top leadership role in the late 1970s, after Mao's death, he consciously reduced the party's power. At the 12th ...
BBC News
October 25, 2017
The Chinese Communist party voted this week to enshrine President Xi Jinping's ideology into its constitution, elevating him to the same level ...
Economic Times (blog)
October 22, 2017
As Chinese President Xi Jinping completed his 3 hour 25 minuteslong speech at the opening of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress ...
Economic Times
October 18, 2017
... include Xi's “work report” or political thoughts, which would elevate him to the status of previous party giants Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping ...
South China Morning Post
October 17, 2017
... succession, within a broader framework of oligarchic collective leadership, owes much to the foresight of Deng Xiaoping's political reforms.
The Economist
October 12, 2017
Mr Xi sees himself as China's third transformational president, alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Mao held the country together and ...
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