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'''Deng Xiaoping''' (1904-1997) was a [[Chinese Communist Party]] leader and [[China]]'s most powerful figure from the late 1970s until his death. Deng Xiaoping was a vice premier of the [[People's Republic of China]] and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng approved the order to unleash the [[Peoples Liberation Army]] upon innocent civilians in the [[Tiananmen Square massacre]], June 4, 1989.<ref>https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/specter-june-fourth</ref>
'''Deng Xiaoping''' (1904-1997) was a [[Chinese Communist Party]] leader and [[China]]'s most powerful figure from 1978 until his death. Deng Xiaoping was a vice premier of the [[People's Republic of China]] and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng approved the order to unleash the [[Peoples Liberation Army]] upon innocent civilians in the [[Tiananmen Square massacre]], June 4, 1989.<ref>https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/specter-june-fourth</ref>
After the mid-1980s the new leader Deng Xiaoping promoted rapid modernization. While Mao's memory was still revered, most of his brutal policies seemed as if they were ended and much economic freedom—and a dash of political liberalization—was allowed. Intellectuals were encouraged to speak out again and to share in a new spirit of "democratization." However Communist party leaders in 1986 warned that modernization must not be used as an excuse to introduce "bourgeois philosophies and social doctrines."
After the mid-1980s the new leader Deng Xiaoping promoted rapid modernization. While Mao's memory was still revered, most of his brutal policies seemed as if they were ended and much economic freedom—and a dash of political liberalization—was allowed. Intellectuals were encouraged to speak out again and to share in a new spirit of "democratization." However Communist party leaders in 1986 warned that modernization must not be used as an excuse to introduce "bourgeois philosophies and social doctrines."