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True Story Behind Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour Through the Eyes of a Historical Witness

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True Story Behind Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour Through the Eyes of a Historical Witness
(L-R) Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin. John Giannini/AFP/Getty Images, Feng Li/Getty Images
Cheng Xiaonong
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Recently, a series of articles have been published under the title “The 30th year of Deng Xiaoping’s South Tour” on DWNews, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda mouthpiece that targets overseas Chinese-language readers.
Cheng Xiaonong
Cheng Xiaonong
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Dr. Cheng Xiaonong is a scholar of China’s politics and economy based in New Jersey. Cheng was a policy researcher and aide to the former Party leader Zhao Ziyang, when Zhao was premier. He also served as chief editor of the journal Modern China Studies.
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