Everything Everywhere Daily · Friday, August 14, 2026
Deng Xiaoping is described as the chief architect of modern China, whose economic reforms transformed the nation from an economic basket case into one of the largest economies globally. His influence is considered by some to be even greater than that of Mao Zedong.
“He was the chief architect of modern China, perhaps proving even more influential than Mao himself.”
“It was his reforms that took China from an economic basket case to one of the largest economies in the world today.”