1. Deng Xiaoping was born on
August 22, 1904 and he would
greatly change China.

2. As a young man, Deng left China
and studied in France. He worked
in a factory under terrible
conditions and discovered
Marxism.

3. Upon returning to China, Deng joined the Chinese Communist Party.

4. Deng Xiaoping survived the Long March.
Many communists died on the
Long March as they escaped
nationalist soldiers.

5. When the Japanese invaded
China, the Chinese communists
and nationalists stopped fighting
each other and fought the
Japanese.

6. After World War II, the Chinese
civil war resumed and the communists won after gaining
the support of the peasants.

7. But just because Deng had sacrificed for the Communist
Party did not mean that his
political future was assured.

8. During Mao Zedong’s Great
Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
Deng was punished. Mao
accused Deng of being an
anti-revolutionary.

9. back to politics to help end
But in 1973, Deng was called
back to politics to help end
the chaos of the
Cultural Revolution.

10. the leader of Communist China.
By 1978, Deng Xiaoping was
the leader of Communist China.

11. Deng Xiaoping began a series
of reforms to change China
and end the chaos that was
created during the Cultural
Revolution.

12. Deng began by allowing farmers
the right to keep and sell
surplus crops.

13. Deng encouraged elements of a free market economy
to increase productivity by
increasing personal incentives.

14. But for all of Deng’s economic
reforms, he would not tolerate
movements for democracy.

15. When students gathered in
Tiananmen Square in 1989,
protesting for democratic
reforms, Deng Xiaoping
ordered them to leave the
square.

16. When the pro-democracy
students refused to leave,
Deng ordered the military
to clear the square.

17. Many student protesters were
killed.

18. Yes, Deng’s legacy is a mixed legacy. He improved China’s
economy but crushed
pro-democracy movements.