Published: July 26, 2021, 4:57 p.m.
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For most people, Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping stand out as the two Communist leaders of the People\\u2019s Republic of China. But growing up, it was actually a third man, by the name of Deng Xiaoping, whose legacy I felt the most.
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Though less than 5 foot tall, his impact on China\\u2019s trajectory was arguably more than Mao\\u2019s; and possibly will be more than Xi\\u2019s. It was Deng\\u2019s vision of reform and opening \\u2013 which we\\u2019ve talked about in passing many times on this podcast \\u2013 that started a process which transformed China from a Maoist backwater to today\\u2019s economic backwater. TIME magazine twice chose him as their Man of the Year.
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