The Story of Deng Xiaoping - The Story of the Founding Leaders of the CCP

Author: Li Hewen
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: On August 22, 1904, Deng Xiaoping was born in Paifang Village, Xiefeng Township, Guang'an County, Sichuan Province (now Xiefeng Town, Guang'an City). His original name was Deng Xiansheng. At the age of five, he entered a private school for primary education and was given the name Deng Xixian. Later, he transferred to a modern-style primary school. In September 1920, at the age of 16, Deng Xiaoping traveled to France on the "Antwerp" steamship from Chongqing for study and work. In the summer of 1929, Deng Xiaoping, as a representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, went to Guangxi to lead an uprising. He used the alias Deng Bin and served as the Secretary of the Guangxi Front Committee of the Communist Party of China. Together with Zhang Yunyi and others, he launched the Baise Uprising in December, establishing the seventh army of the Red Army and the right bank of the Jiang River base; in February of the following year, he also launched the Longzhou Uprising, establishing the eighth army of the Red Army and the left bank of the Jiang River base. He served as the political commissar of the seventh and eighth armies of the Red Army and the secretary of the front committee. "At the age of 25, I led the Baise Uprising in Guangxi and established the seventh army of the Red Army. From that time on, I worked in the military until the end of the liberation war."