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Deng Xiaoping was the leader of the People’s Republic of China after Mao Zedong’s death He led the Republic from 1978 to 1989 and imposed broad economic reforms that allowed greater private investment and international trade in China. Acemoglu and Robinson argue that, while China’s economy has remained generally extractive, Xiaoping made it inclusive enough to spur a new wave of growth.
Deng Xiaoping Quotes in Why Nations Fail
The Why Nations Fail quotes below are all either spoken by Deng Xiaoping or refer to Deng Xiaoping . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14
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The changes in economic institutions in China were radical. China broke the mold, even if it did not transform its political institutions. As in Botswana and the U.S. South, the crucial changes came during a critical juncture—in the case of China, following Mao’s death. They were also contingent, in fact highly contingent, as there was nothing inevitable about the Gang of Four losing the power struggle; and if they had not, China would not have experienced the sustained economic growth it has seen in the last thirty years. But the devastation and human suffering that the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution caused generated sufficient demand for change that Deng Xiaoping and his allies were able to win the political fight.
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Deng Xiaoping Quotes in Why Nations Fail
The Why Nations Fail quotes below are all either spoken by Deng Xiaoping or refer to Deng Xiaoping . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 14
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The changes in economic institutions in China were radical. China broke the mold, even if it did not transform its political institutions. As in Botswana and the U.S. South, the crucial changes came during a critical juncture—in the case of China, following Mao’s death. They were also contingent, in fact highly contingent, as there was nothing inevitable about the Gang of Four losing the power struggle; and if they had not, China would not have experienced the sustained economic growth it has seen in the last thirty years. But the devastation and human suffering that the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution caused generated sufficient demand for change that Deng Xiaoping and his allies were able to win the political fight.
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