Deng Xiaoping: The Man Who Made Modern China

by Michael Dillon

One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is generally considered the central figure behind China's economic liberalization programme that produced historically unprecedented growth rates and development beginning in the late 1970s. Lifting nearly a billion people out of poverty, Deng Xiaoping's 'Four Modernisations' called for reform in agriculture, industry, military, and science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780768958
• ISBN13: 9781780768953
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"