Deng Xiaoping Biography and Timeline

Guangxi Base

Establishes a military base in Guangxi Province unnder orders from Zhou En-Lai

Capture of Guangxi

Xiaopings military base in Guangxi is captured, he joins Maos base in Ruijing

Role range: 1926-1949

Political Commissar

Appointed Political Commissar during the civil war

Central Plains Campaign

Deng Xiaoping works with Liu Bocheng in Communist political and military command during the renewed war

Role range: 1926-1949

Central Committee

Appointed Member of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Southwest Policy on Tibet

Deng Xiaoping helps coordinate political preparations concerning Tibet through the Southwest Bureau.

Secretary

Appointed Secretary General of the Communist Party of China

Role range: 1954-1966

Political Commissar

Appointed Member of Politburo

May 16 Notification

Deng Xiaoping is soon drawn into the attack on senior party leaders after the May 16 Notification

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1956-1967

Arrest of Deng Xiaoping

Held under house arrest in Nanjing

Purge

Purged because of his opposition to the "great leap forward"

Purge

Deng Xiaoping is removed from power and attacked as China's number two capitalist roader

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1956-1967

Rehabilitation

Deng Xiaoping is restored to government work with Zhou Enlai's support and Mao's approval

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1973-1976

Vice Premier

Deng Xiaoping is rehabilitated and returns to senior office after Cultural Revolution purges

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1973-1976

Central Committee

Reappointed to the Central Committee

Acting Prime Minister

Covers for his patron, Zhou Enlai, after the latters heart attack

Role range: 1974-1976

Four Modernizations

Deng Xiaoping supports Zhou Enlai's Four Modernizations programme against radical opposition

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1973-1976

Rectification

Deng Xiaoping leads efforts to restore order in railways, industry and education

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1973-1976

Dismissal

A demonstration turns into a riot & the "Gang of Four" depose Xiaoping

Role range: 1974-1976

Tiananmen Incident

Deng Xiaoping is blamed by radicals after public mourning for Zhou Enlai becomes political protest

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1973-1976

Death of Deng Xiaoping

Death of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping is recalled

Role range: 1974-1976

Rehabilitation

Deng Xiaoping is restored to his leading posts after the Cultural Revolution radicals are defeated

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1977-1989

Vice Premier

Deng Xiaoping is restored to office after the fall of the Gang of Four and the repudiation of radical Cultural Revolution politics

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1977-1989

Chief of Staff

Serves Hua Kuo-Feng as Chief of Staff of Chinese armed forces

Role range: 1977-1980

Economy of China

Promotes a policy of economic liberalization

Role range: 1977-1989

Vice Chairman

Appointed Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

Role range: 1977-1989

Beijing Spring

Deng Xiaoping engineers the "Beijing Spring" of political liberation

Role range: 1977-1989

Communist Party

The CPC under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping moves towards Socialism with Chinese characteristics and institutes Chinese economic reform

Role range: 1977-1989

Economy of China

The CPC under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping moves towards Socialism with Chinese characteristics and institutes Chinese economic reform. In reversing some of Maos "extreme-leftist" policies, Deng argued that a socialist country and the market economy model were not mutually exclusive

Role range: 1977-1989

Sinoese Treaty

A Treaty of friendship is signed between China & Japan

Boluan Fanzheng

Deng Xiaoping promotes reversing chaos and correcting wrong verdicts left from the Cultural Revolution

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1977-1989

Congress of CCP

The Plenum of the 11th Party Congress ushers in capitalist-style economic reform

Economy of China

The Plenum of the 11th Party Congress ushers in capitalist-style economic reform

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party

Recognition of the Peoples Republic of China

The USA recognizes the Peoples Republic of China

Role range: 1977-1989

Invasion of Vietnam

China invades Vietnam for a 4 week period

Gang of Four

Month-long trial of the "Gang of Four" (Mao associates)

Trial

Month-long trial of the "Gang of Four" (Mao associates)

Demonstrations

Stops the Democracy Wall protests in Beijing

Role range: 1977-1989

Visit to The USA & reinforces good relations

Visits the USA & reinforces good relations. Informs President Carter personally that China will attack North Vietnam

Role range: 1977-1989