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Deng Xiaoping

The latest stories on Deng Xiaoping, Chinese statesman, revolutionary, political theorist and former Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.<br />

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22 Aug 1904

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Late paramount leader, China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump talk during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017, during Trump’s first term. Photo: AP

US-China relations

Opinion | Why Xi’s decision to talk to Trump during trade crisis speaks volumes

In times of US-China tension, Chinese leaders tend to rebuff calls from their American counterparts. Xi choosing to speak to Trump stands out.

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Deng Xiaoping, China’s paramount leader and architect of its reform and opening-up policy. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

Opinion | If China wants the EU as a partner, it must offer concrete cooperation

China must stop ignoring EU trade complaints and offer a meaningful compromise – or see Europe’s China policy become a bargaining chip in US ties.

22 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

US-China relations

Opinion | Why China has refused to back down in the face of Trump’s tariffs

China’s elites, going back to the late Qing, have been waiting for this moment – to push back against the world’s strongest power.

9 May 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Japan

Editorial | Horse racing proves clear winner for Hong Kong in tourism stakes

Record turnout of tourists at Hong Kong course underlines value of sport to economy in terms of spending power, and there are welcome initiatives to draw more high-end visitors.

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Jockey Club chief Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said numbers for FWD Champions Day were boosted by collaboration with China Travel Service and a pilot initiative to draw high-end visitors.

China’s Communist Party

How did China’s 5-year plans deliver an economic miracle and what’s next?

The national strategic blueprint has evolved from its roots in a Soviet-style planned economy to today’s more responsive model.

2 May 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Zhejiang mission by Lee another feather in integration cap

Hong Kong and mainland China city can only benefit from new cooperation mechanism, wide range of deals signed and hi-tech push.

26 Apr 2025 - 6:15AM

United States

Opinion | Trump seems to be taking a leaf out of Chairman Mao’s book

Trump is purging officials, persecuting intellectuals and burnishing his cult of personality. If reason prevails, Americans will reject this.

18 Apr 2025 - 9:14PMvideocam

Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ take part in a ‘Hands Off!’ protest against US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk at the Washington Monument on April 5. Photo: Reuters

Art

Inside Beijing-based artist Cao Fei’s ‘My City is Yours’ exhibition in Sydney

The retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is a cyber-city trip where reality meets the virtual in the glow of nostalgia.

28 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM

Artist Cao Fei with Charlotte Lafont-Hugo, co-founder of Beau Architects, for the “My City is Yours” exhibition at Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photo: Diana Panuccio/Art Gallery of New South Wales

US-China relations

Opinion | How Jimmy Carter opened the door for China – and how Beijing can repay the favour

The Carter era has lessons for a rising China as it frets about a recession and what Trump may bring.

31 Dec 2024 - 7:14PMvideocam

China economy

Opinion | What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can learn from China’s reformers

Deng Xiaoping and Zhu Rongji’s radical reforms resulted in a leaner government and more dynamic economy: the exact goals of the Musk-Ramaswamy plan.

15 Dec 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

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.

4 Sep 2024 - 10:20AMvideocam

Global Impact

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

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how Xi Jinping presented himself as the true heir to Deng Xiaoping.

9 Sep 2024 - 8:58AMvideocam

Tourists pose for a photo in front of a bronze statue of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Photo: Kyodo

China economy

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

Deng’s guiding philosophy of the centrality of economic development is rarely mentioned now, and has become secondary to national security.

2 Sep 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

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.

26 Aug 2024 - 11:41AMvideocam

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.

23 Aug 2024 - 8:55PMvideocam

The Chinese authorities and military are now increasingly focused on external threats compared with Deng Xiaoping’s era. Photo: AFP

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.

23 Aug 2024 - 9:19AMvideocam

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.

23 Aug 2024 - 12:55AMvideocam

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.

22 Aug 2024 - 4:30PM

Tourists pose for a photo in front of a bronze statue of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping near his birthplace in Guangan, Sichuan province, on August 14. Photo: Kyodo

120th anniversary of birth of Deng Xiaoping

Video | Deng Xiaoping: architect of modern China

13 Jan 2025 - 4:57PM

Why Deng Xiaoping is one of China’s most consequential leaders

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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.

27 Aug 2024 - 11:57AMvideocam

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.

23 Aug 2024 - 12:56PMvideocam

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.

20 Aug 2024 - 10:38AM

This month, China will mark the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth. Photo: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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.

13 Aug 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

Late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping is known as the country’s chief architect of reform and opening up. Photo: Simon Song

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.

12 May 2024 - 7:45AM

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.

20 Feb 2024 - 9:38AM

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