Deng Xiaoping Article

What was Deng Xiaoping best known for?

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As the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, Deng Xiaoping spearheaded changes in China that led to a rapidly growing economy, rising standards of living, and growing ties to the world economy, and also considerably expanded personal and cultural freedoms.