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1904–1997 China
Deng Xiaoping ( ; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a Chinese politician and reformer, and the paramount leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but was the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s.
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When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.
It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.
Hung Li China's Political Situation and the Power Struggle in Peking (1977)
A basic contradiction between socialism and the market economy does not exist.
If you open a window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in.
The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.
Democracy and dictatorship of the proletariat are two parts of the same antithesis, and proletarian democracy is far superior to its capitalist counterpart.
Interview with Oriana Fallaci (1980)
We hold that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, should be equal, and that international economic affairs should be jointly managed by all the countries of the world instead of being monopolized by the one or two superpowers.
Speech at the Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly (1974)
Crossing the river by feeling the stones.
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Deng is commonly quoted with this phrase in western media but there is no proof that he actually said it
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We no longer know what socialism is, or how to get there, and yet it remains the goal.
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Let some people get rich first.
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One Country, Two systems.
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