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Description edit
Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the many contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China’s... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Deng Xiaoping: Add a description of this character.
- Mao Zedong
- Jiang Zemin
- Chen Yun
- Zhou Enlai
- Hu Yaobang
- Jiang Qing
- Hua Guofeng
- Li Peng
- Carter
- Wang Dongxing
- Hu Qiaomu
- Brzezinski
- Kissinger
- Li Xiannian
- Wang Hongwen
- Gorbachev
- Woodcock
- Wan Li
- Lin Biao
- Yang Shangkun
- Vance
- Bush
- Mao Yuanxin
- Zhao Ziyang
- Gu Mu
- Reagan
- Huang Hua
- Lee
- Zhang Chunqiao
- Dalai Lama
- Zhou Rongxin
- Wang Zhen
- Yu Qiuli
- Yao Yilin
- Ji Dengkui
- Khrushchev
- Hu Qili
- Ren Zhongyi
- Chen Yi
- Thatcher
- Zhou Yang
Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Beijing
- Hong Kong
- United States
- Taiwan
- Guangdong
- Soviet Union
- Vietnam
- Japan
- Shanghai
- France
- Tibet
- Washington
- Shenzhen
- Cambodia
- Singapore
- Jiangxi
- Guomindang
- Southeast Asia
- North Korea
- Zhejiang
- Eastern Europe
- Tiananmen Square
- Moscow
- Thailand
- Guangzhou
- Malaysia
- Britain
- Politburo
- Fujian
- South Korea
- Guangxi
- Northeast
- Sichuan
- Burma
- White House
- Zhongnanhai
- Anhui
- Chengdu
- India
- Nepal
- Macao
- Southwest
- Xuzhou
- Paris
- Jiangsu
- America
- Changsha
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 10 in Bill Gates Top Ten Books of 2012 That Made Him Think. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Country: World
Publication Date: September 2011
ISBN: 9780674055445
Page Count: 928
Publisher: Belknap Press
Country: World
Publication Date: September 2011
ISBN: 9780674055445
Page Count: 928
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.05092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Asia › China
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Public Policy
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Political
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Presidents & Heads of State
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
- Books › History › World
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