Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
- In 1976, Mao Zedong dies
- Deng Xiaoping takes over China
- He is named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year"
- He banished the Cultural Revolution and brought back some old ways
- Modernized China's industry, agriculture, technology, and national defense
- He sent students to the West to learn about success
- However, Xiaoping created the One Child Policy
Tiananmen Square
Student being killed by a tank in massacre
- In 1989, there were protests for democracy in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
- The revolutionaries were all killed by the army
China Today
Current city of Shanghai
- China now has one of the strongest economies in the world
- China joined the World Trade Organization in 2002