All 25 Uses of
Deng Xiaoping
in
Mao’s Last Dancer
- During my second year at school, we learned how to write "We love Chairman Mao" and "Kill, crush Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping and the class enemies."†
Chpt 1.6 *
- I still wondered how useful all this talk about Liu Shaoqi, the Chinese president, and his right-hand man, Deng Xiaoping, was meant to be.†
Chpt 1.6
- But politics was constantly changing around us—Mao knew the Gang of Four was incapable of managing China's economic affairs and by 1974 Mao felt increasingly threatened by Deng Xiaoping's popularity.†
Chpt 2.13
- Deng Xiaoping's reputation was spreading fast.†
Chpt 2.13
- Right after Zhou's death, Deng Xiaoping was arrested.†
Chpt 2.14
- The Gang of Four immediately organized a "Denounce Deng Xiaoping" campaign.†
Chpt 2.14
- Some of his speeches were published, and I learned one of Deng Xiaoping's most famous sayings: Bu guan shi bai mao hai shi hei mao, zhuo dao lao shu jiu shi hao mao.†
Chpt 2.14
- But many people only halfheartedly participated in the "denounce Deng Xiaoping" campaign.†
Chpt 2.14
- Suddenly I shouted, "What about Deng Xiaoping?"†
Chpt 2.14
- "Deng Xiaoping did very well with the economy while he was managing it, and he has a military history," I said.†
Chpt 2.14
- By this time, Mao's chosen successor, Hua Guofeng, was under house arrest, and Deng Xiaoping became the leader of China.†
Chpt 2.15
- Previously, Deng Xiaoping had been denounced for his slogan about the cat: but now this idea came back in full force.†
Chpt 2.15
- So even by the beginning of 1978 I could feel the real impact of Deng Xiaoping's reforms.†
Chpt 2.15
- Deng Xiaoping's new policy created a breath of fresh air within our academy, but it was strangely foreign at first.†
Chpt 2.15
- Around the time when we were preparing for our graduation the London Festival Ballet came to perform in China, one of the first professional companies allowed to perform under Deng Xiaoping's "open-door policy.†
Chpt 2.16
- George Bush had formed a good relationship with Deng Xiaoping: his political connections would no doubt ensure the acceptance of this scholarship invitation.†
Chpt 2.17
- Since Deng Xiaoping came along people seem to be happier.†
Chpt 3.24
- My parents told me Deng Xiaoping had done wonders for the Chinese economy.†
Chpt 3.25
- "If it weren't for Deng Xiaoping's open-door policy, our lives would still be in ruins," my niang said.†
Chpt 3.25
- We may be going back to our well, but at least we've experienced the kind of life that Deng Xiaoping might lead us to in China one day.†
Chpt 3.26
- With Deng Xiaoping's open-door policy," my dia added, you never know.†
Chpt 3.26
- Instead he began to tell us how the Chinese now had more freedom and a much higher living standard under Deng Xiaoping.†
Chpt 3.27
- Now Deng Xiaoping's "Get rich is glorious" slogan was on everyone's lips, and was splashed around on enormous billboards everywhere.†
Chpt 3.28
- Maybe, just maybe, now for the first time in their lives, there was a glimpse of hope under Deng Xiaoping's leadership.†
Chpt 3.30
- Under Deng Xiaoping's open-door policy, he became a principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and has now retired.†
Chpt P.S.
Definition:
Chinese communist statesman who served as the de facto ruler of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s (1904-1997)