Home / China / Society

Life and times of Deng Xiaoping

Updated: 2014-08-21 13:07 (chinadaily.com.cn)
Comments
Life and times of Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping, left, and Zhu De receive flowers from students at the 3rd National Games of the People's Republic of China in 1975. Deng had been brought back into politics a year earlier as First Vice-Premier, in practice running national affairs. Deng focused on reconstructing the country's economy and stressed unity as the first step by raising production.