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Originally Posted by zraver
Disagree, it was the Chinese people who did it. All Deng did was recognise the oppertunity offered by Nixon. base don the general sucess stories of Eastern Europe, China may have well avoided Russia's fate and still become an Asian economic giant.
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Tianamen Square would say you're wrong. And that was not the 1st example. Democracy Wall, the 100 Open Flowers Campaign. DXP kept a tight reign and clamp down when it got too uncontrolled. Li Peng, who officially took over, was not so subtle nor had the finess to close down the protest before it took a life of its own.
I'm not sure what you mean by recognizing the oppertunity offerred by Nixon. Both Nixon and Mao were in control. Deng litterally had to fight his way back. Mao's widow (the Gang of Four) were arrestted in a not so bloodless overthrow.
Nixon and Mao were long out of power before Deng returned to the limelight.