Deng Xiaoping: Portrait of a Chinese Statesman

by David Shambaugh

Book Overview

Deng Xiaoping has been one of the world's preeminent leaders of the late twentieth century. His impact will be felt well into the next century as China's economic reforms begin to have impressive effects. Although he endured six years of internal exile during the Cultural Revolution, by 1977 he had reached the ultimate pinnacle of power in China. His actions since have been devoted to deconstructing the Maoist state, and introducing economic reforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198289332
• ISBN13: 9780198289333
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"