Deng Xiaoping: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's Birth: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's Birth

Author: Wang Zhaozhu
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This is an excellent and rare work of, a great book for revolutionary tradition education. Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, diplomat, and one of the main leaders of the Communist Party of China, the People's Liberation Army, and the People's Republic of China. He was also the chief architect of China's socialist reform and opening-up and modernization, and the founder of Deng Xiaoping Theory. Deng Xiaoping adhered to emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, establishing and developing the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. He creatively proposed the concept of "One China, Two Systems" based on practical realities, and under this concept, Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, and Macau also returned to China by the end of 1999. He proposed an independent and peaceful foreign policy, advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as the guidelines for establishing a new international political and economic order. Under his leadership, China established diplomatic relations with the United States, signed the Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship Treaty with Japan, restored relations between the two Communist parties and countries of China and the Soviet Union, and developed friendly relations with neighboring countries and third-world countries. He made unremitting efforts to open up a new chapter in China's foreign relations, secure a favorable international environment, promote modernization, and maintain world peace.