DENG XIAOPING
August 22, 1904-February 19, 1997
PAINTING OF THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
BEING ACCLAIMED BY THE MASSES
AS THE LEADERS ASCEND THE STEPS
OF THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE
IN BEIJING
Mao Zedong is on the left
in a long tunic
Deng Xiaoping is on the right
the short figure in a short tunic
DENG WAS PARAMOUNT LEADER OF CHINA
LATE 1978 UNTIL HIS DEATH
Ultimately responsible for both
Reforms and Opening Up
and for "Tiananmen" (June 3-4, 1989)
BBC material on Deng's death can be found here;
the lengthy New York Times obituary, here
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