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Hong Kong Basic Law

Opinion | Deng Xiaoping and the Tibet factor in ‘one country, two systems’

With hindsight, the one country, two systems framework bears a certain resemblance to a Qianlong policy Deng and others studied in 1957.

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Global Impact

Global Impact | China celebrates Deng, but how has ‘true heir’ Xi taken up the reins?

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China economy

Opinion | If Deng Xiaoping were alive, he would worry about China’s shifting priorities

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Hong Kong politics

Deng Xiaoping’s one country, two systems path for Hong Kong – a work in progress

Hong Kong analysts and experts discuss how Deng Xiaoping’s policy approach to the city has changed amid protests, pandemics and economic changes.

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China’s military

China’s military focuses on beating ‘strong enemies’ in Deng commemorations

120th anniversary events focused on Deng’s military reforms but, unlike the 1980s, Beijing is now far more concerned about security threats.

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China’s Communist Party

As China recounts Deng’s legacy, Xi’s challenge to motivate country in focus

Chinese from all walks of life look back at how their lives have changed as a result of Deng’s policies.

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China’s Communist Party

Honour reformer Deng Xiaoping by realising China’s revival, Xi Jinping says

‘We must steadfastly implement one country, two systems,’ Xi says, marking 120th anniversary of birth of Communist Party patriarch.

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Deng Xiaoping is heralded as the “architect” of China’s economic reform, transforming a poor, backward country into a global superpower. Photo: AFP
China economy

Opinion | The seeds of Deng Xiaoping’s legacy have yielded remarkable progress

Ambitious and rapid transformations in China over the last four decades have few historical parallels.

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120th anniversary of birth of Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping: architect of modern China

China’s Communist Party

As China celebrates Deng Xiaoping’s legacy, the country is again at a crossroads

Deng and his ‘true heir’ Xi Jinping differ in strategies and approaches, but closer examination reveals many core similarities.

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China manufacturing

How China used Japanese know-how to outpace rival in EV, steel production

With a lengthy joint venture in steel between China and Japan coming to an end, analysts reflect on its broader meaning in the context of the two countries’ new roles in the global economy.

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My Take

My Take | Why China should cherish Deng Xiaoping’s ‘thought emancipation’

By freeing China from Maoist ideological shackles, the late leader unleashed an era of economic and social liberalisation.

China’s Communist Party

China still gives Deng Xiaoping the stamp of approval, 120 years after his birth

Beijing has not said how leaders will mark the anniversary but it will be a chance for them to think about the past and a way forward.

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Books and literature

‘Do not turn back!’ Deng Xiaoping’s landmark 1992 Shenzhen tour

In 1992, eight years after his first visit, China’s leader Deng Xiaoping returned to the rapidly growing Shenzhen special economic zone whose transformation he had orchestrated.

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Deng Xiaoping’s daughter Deng Nan points out the sights of Shenzhen’s Splendid China Folk Village theme park to her father during his 1992 Southern Tour. Photo: AP
China economy

My Take | China must stop chipping away at Deng Xiaoping’s economic legacy

Twenty-seven years have passed since the death of China’s reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, but it seems that today there are different interpretations of his legacy – a worrying and disappointing development.

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A girl holds a Chinese flag as visitors are seen in the background at the Temple of Heaven during celebrations of Chinese New Year in Beijing, February 14, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

Oops. US President Joe Biden mixes up his Chinese leaders

The White House corrects the record but social media users still take a moment to tease the American leader.

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Profile

He’s dressed Michelle Yeoh, Deng Xiaoping’s daughters: meet Barney Cheng

Hong Kong fashion designer Barney Cheng tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in a huge family, getting culture shock in a Canadian Christian school, and rubbing shoulders with the fabulously rich.

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US-China tech war

A key US-China science cooperation deal is about to end

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China economy

Opinion | What China can learn from Deng Xiaoping about building trust with entrepreneurs

Nian Guangjiu, known for his Idiot Melon Seeds, won tacit approval from China’s paramount leader in the 80s, holding lessons for China today as it seeks to restore trust with private business.

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China economy

‘Will it hurt socialism?’: China’s private business trailblazer hailed by Deng dies

Nian Guangjiu of ‘Idiot’s Melon Seeds’, a witness to the rise of the non-state sector under the Communist Party, died on Wednesday aged 84.

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China’s 20th Party Congress

Deng Xiaoping: gone but not forgotten as China faces big challenges

Tributes from the public to the late leader flowed online on the anniversary of Deng’s birth.

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Deng Xiaoping is remembered as the architect of China’s opening up policy. Photo: Sam Tsang
China’s 20th Party Congress

Xi wants ‘new era’ for China economy, leaving Deng’s ‘get rich’ policy behind

Since taking office in 2013, Xi Jinping has stamped his mark on the economy like few of China’s leaders before him. But some analysts say important reform has taken a back seat.

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Xi Jinping’s economic philosophy will be in the spotlight at the 20th Party Congress in autumn, where he is likely to be sworn in for a third term. Illustration: Perry Tse
City Beat

City Beat | Should capitalist Hong Kong worry about Beijing’s common prosperity drive?

State media has denied any Chinese version of a Robin Hood-style approach to wealth inequality, but message to city is loud and clear: it cannot rely on real estate to be its engine for future development.

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Diplomacy

China urged to do its part to reverse ‘worrying’ erosion of goodwill in EU

China’s image in Europe is rapidly deteriorating and Beijing must do its part to change the massive erosion of goodwill, says EU ambassador to China Nicolas Chapuis.

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Xi Jinping

The East Stand | Maradona, China and when football was not politics

Deng Xiaoping’s desire to bring Argentine great seemed borne of love of the game, Xi Jinping’s World Cup dream less so as China’s emergence as a soft power in the sport has shown how the world game has become tool of globalisation.

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Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona enters the stadium ahead of a charity football match in Jinan in 2010. Photo: Xinhua
My Hong Kong

My Hong Kong | Reprehensible behaviour of Hong Kong’s dance hall divas must stop

Dance club cluster shows a lack of care for the greater good. If we are to beat the coronavirus then everyone must do their bit, even older women and their younger instructors.

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A screen grab of a video posted online shows a group of people dancing without face masks at Betterment Banquet Hall in Mei Foo. Source: Handout
Fame and celebrity

When Maradona spurned Deng Xiaoping invite to play in China

As Chinese fans mourn the death of the ‘king of football’, we look at China’s connection with Diego Maradona, including the time Deng Xiaoping wanted him to play in Beijing.

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Hong Kong politics

What would Deng Xiaoping’s ‘patriotism’ mean for Hong Kong lawmakers?

Leader said city’s administrators must back motherland’s sovereignty over Hong Kong and commit to its prosperity; party could tolerate criticism but not actions to undermine nation.

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Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Deng Xiaoping. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Born
22 Aug 1904
Industry
Politics
Job Title
Late paramount leader, China
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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