Deng Xiaoping takes over, 1978
-Tried to assure Taiwanese that if they rejoined China they would still have autonomy
-Doesn't happen but trade increases between the two
-1987 Taiwan lifts its ban on travel to the mainland
-Also pushed for reunification of Hong Kong (Xianggang)
-This happen in 1997 and it becomes a Special Administrative Region (SAR)
- Coming to power in 1979 institutes agricultural reforms
-Encouraged farmers to sell on the open market
-Also allowed for the contacting of plots of land (excess profits cold be kept) " productive responsibility system"
-China accepted loans and foreign investments
-Joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank
-The single child policy introduced in 1979
-Tax benefits to families who accepted this (Some lost their private plots of land)
-Marriage law brought in 1980 (confirmed the rights of women and raised age of marriage M=20 to 22 W=18 to 20)
-Doesn't happen but trade increases between the two
-1987 Taiwan lifts its ban on travel to the mainland
-Also pushed for reunification of Hong Kong (Xianggang)
-This happen in 1997 and it becomes a Special Administrative Region (SAR)
- Coming to power in 1979 institutes agricultural reforms
-Encouraged farmers to sell on the open market
-Also allowed for the contacting of plots of land (excess profits cold be kept) " productive responsibility system"
-China accepted loans and foreign investments
-Joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank
-The single child policy introduced in 1979
-Tax benefits to families who accepted this (Some lost their private plots of land)
-Marriage law brought in 1980 (confirmed the rights of women and raised age of marriage M=20 to 22 W=18 to 20)
"Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big."
-Deng Xiaoping
-Deng Xiaoping
summary
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese communist leader, who was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death in 1997. He abandoned many orthodox communist doctrines and attempted to incorporate elements of the free-enterprise system into the Chinese economy.