The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future

by Jonathan Chatwin

Book Overview

On a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China's former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month long trip around China's south in defence of the reforms he had set in motion to open up China's economy and transform the country into the political and economic powerhouse we know today.

In this book Jonathan Chatwin pursues the story of Deng's legendary "Southern Tour" and examines its legacies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350435716
• ISBN13: 9781350435711
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.5"