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Rise of China - The Economic Revolution that made China a Superpower

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The conclusion to our Rise of China series follows the nation’s transformation into the superpower we see today.

In the wake of Mao Zedong’s death, Deng Xiaoping takes control and attempts to forge a new path for the People’s Republic. His reforms promise a brave new future, as China opens up to the world, transforms its economy and improves the living standards of its people.

But China’s transformation will only be allowed to go so far. When popular protests erupt in 1989, the Tiananmen Square massacre becomes a startling reminder of China’s authoritarian government - one that survives to the present day.

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Thank you to our series historical consultant, Dr. Lily Chang of University College London. Find out more about her research and teaching here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/...

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📚 Recommended reading:
“The Penguin History of Modern China: the Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present” by Jonathan Fenby - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/97801419... / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/97801...
“The Cambridge Illustrated History Of China” by Patricia Buckley Ebrey - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/97810091... / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/97810...
"Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra F. Vogel - US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/97806747... / UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/97806...

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20 Comments

@EpichistoryTv Creator 10 months ago (edited) Pinned

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@c.justiceleague1756 10 months ago

The Soviet Union's outcome in 1991 proved that Deng Xiaoping's actions in 1989 were correct.

@DavidKutzler 10 months ago

When criticized that his policies strayed from communist orthodoxy, Deng Xiaoping replied, "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice."

@Ray-h1h 10 months ago (edited)

My mother didn't have enough food when she was a child in the 1970s. Every day the boys at school would rob her food, leading to malnutrition. I can still remember there were frequent power outages around 2000, and around 2010 the air pollution are horrible, there was a winter I could barely see the roads 10 meters away. Thankfully things are completely different now, these problems are significantly much better.

@profesercreeper 10 months ago (edited)

Deng did what gorbachev couldn’t

@R-HD4522 5 months ago

This series genuinely made me emotional at the end. The Chinese people have been through so much. They deserve all the success, prosperity and peace they are living in now

@jumpingeagle568 10 months ago

As a Chinese, I truly truly appreciate what he did, my dad was a hella poor rural kid in some yeehaw villiage in china, it was under him, my dad was able to go to uni and all the country growth really lifted our family up. We even had his picture hang in our living room when I was a lil kid back in 90s. Now that I have my own business in both China and Australia, I really give credits to his leadership.

@Conrado-x2d 10 months ago

"China is a sleeping giant, when she wakes she will shake the world"

-Napoleon

@stevez-d3o 8 months ago

Affordable food is the most important form of freedom. No food no house, no house no education, no education no real democracy.

@wallgangapp 10 months ago

Bill clinton lecturing China on human rights lmao

@NoMoreCrumbs 10 months ago

The poverty reduction mentioned at 24:00 is responsible for nearly all the decrease in global poverty over the last 20 or 30 years. If you subtract China from that metric, global poverty has remained basically unchanged

@aarondemiri486 10 months ago

Legitimately love learning about Deng Xiaoping. Once did a essay comparing his reforms compared to Gorbachev's, and why his policies succeeded.

@11navjeevghosh17 10 months ago

Thanks Epic History TV for covering China.Also Deng Xiaoping is a complex character.

@ozcaks8888 7 months ago

As a foreigner I literally witnessed China economical revolution from the beginning.
My first arrival to China for the Hydroelectric Dam Project on Yellow River in year 1994 when China was still a sleeping Dragon.
In late 1990 first developement started speciall after taking over Hong Kong.
in arround 2005 , we can see the clear development flourishing all around China, but outer world still was not aware what is ongoing
Speed of development ramp up in 2010 an onward and reached to peak in 2020 and still going up.

@Bruce-r6x 10 months ago

Several decades before the Tiananmen incident, the United States experienced a similar event. Hoover, MacArthur, and Eisenhower chose to use tanks to crush the veterans who were desperately seeking their promised bonuses. Decades later, America seems to have forgotten all of this. The event is known as the ‘Bonus Army.’

@zhustan1362 9 months ago (edited)

绝对的伟人，改革开放，实际就是变法，中国历史上，能变法成功的人，曲指可数，成功实现中国的复兴，当更多了解他的时候，会对他个人由衷敬佩，顶住巨大压力，进行改革，成功之后，主动让位，并且说服其他领导，让位下一代人，具有无与伦比的人格魅力，回想他做的决策，政治、军事、外交，真的是太了不起了，中国之幸

@WhiskeyWonderer 10 months ago

Great thing they opted not to go with shock therapy

@jamesqu5507 10 months ago

Thank you Epic History. As a Chinese person living overseas, our nation endured so much hardship in the past 100 years. Nowadays, it's the only country in the world that can balance the power of the USA. I think this is a fantastic thing.