Like Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai before him, Deng Xiaoping was among the small group of revolutionary elders who fought as guerrillas for the Communist cause and then dominated the leadership of the People’s Republic they proclaimed on Oct. 1, 1949.
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Firecrackers echoed through the streets of Shanghai as people braved the rain and cold to line up outside temples to usher in the Year of… »