History 486
Lecture #24

Deng Xiaoping & Tiananmen


I. Introduction

II. Rise of Deng Xiaoping (or here)
       A. Deng's Pragmatism
              1. Gang of Four
              2. Economic focus
                     - "feeling for the stones while crossing the river"
       B. Four Modernizations (Posters)
              1. Industry
              2. Science & Technology
              3. Agriculture
              4. Military Affairs
       C. Four Cardinal Principles
              1. Retaining the Socialist Path
              2. Dictatorship of the Proletariat
              3. Leadership of the Communist Party
              4. Ideology of Marxism, Leninism, and Maoism

III. Economic Boom
       A. Rural Reforms
              1. Production Incentives
                     a. Use of specific land (fields) for particular crops
                     b. Household quotas to state; surplus to Household
              2. Sideline enterprises
                     a. Vegetables, pigs, chickens
                     b. Workshop enterprises
               3. Rise in Standard of Living
       B. Foreign Investors
              1. Joint Ventures
              2. Popularity Overseas (Man of the Year)
       C. Unequal impact on society 

IV. Reforms
       A. Education
       B. Women
              1. Later, Longer, Fewer (Wan, Xi, Shao)
              1. One Child Policy

V. Road to Tiananmen
       A. Intellectual Freedoms
              1. Wei Jingsheng
                     - Democracy Wall
                     - Fifth Modernization