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...conversation with TIME [WORLD, Nov. 4], Deng Xiaoping speaks of the mistakes made by China's leaders during the past 30 years. He is referring to the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Both campaigns were initiated to rekindle enthusiasm for Communist ideology. Both episodes turned into disasters. Now China's leaders have seen the light. In its pure form Communism cannot exist; it must adopt some capitalist traits. Otherwise, the "polarization between rich and poor" that Deng speaks of will occur in a drastic way. As China's leader says, "You should give them [the peasants] the power...
China's wise leader Deng Xiaoping made a good impression on European readers like me. Mikhail Gorbachev should take lessons from Deng and also foster a market economy. It would help bring prosperity and a higher standard of living to the Soviet people. Western politicians should intensify their relations with this newly developing China. Carsten Jaeger Wiesbaden, West Germany Spy's Smile...
...eventually decided to look beyond the day-to-day news and examine a phenomenon with an enormous potential impact on history: China's sweeping economic reforms, which have challenged Marxist orthodoxies and liberated the productive energies of a billion people. For introducing these far-reaching changes, China's leader, Deng Xiaoping, was made TIME's Man of the Year...
TIME has written frequently about Deng since he came to power, citing his bold approach in naming him Man of the Year for 1978. Since then, several cover stories have described the spread and effect of his reforms...