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This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the 20th century, and we will publish profiles for each one. You can read the other pieces in the series here. Deng Xiaoping could lay claim to being the most significant political leader of the latter part of the 20th century, and one whose legacy continues to expand. His record is remarkable. It is at least arguable, if not certain, that had it not been for Deng’s force of personality and h...

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Andrew Wong—Getty Images Inside the Great Hall of the People during a closing session of the National People’s Congress, March 2007 in Beijing. Document 9: A ChinaFile Translation How Much Is a Hardline Party Directive Shaping China’s Current Political Climate? November 8, 2013 This weekend, China’s leaders gather in Beijing for meetings widely expected to determine the shape of China’s economy, as well as the nation’s progress, over the next decade. What exactly the outcome of this Third Plenum of the Eighteenth Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will be remains shroud...

(AFP/Getty Images) Chinese babies accompanied by their parents take part in a baby swimming contest, which the organizer hopes will break the Guinness World Record for the most babies swimming together, at a stadium in Beijing September 11, 2010. For Cash-Strapped Parents, Two Babies Are Too Many November 21, 2013 Call it reproduction with Chinese capitalist characteristics. On November 15, authorities announced that the country’s One-Child Policy would be loosened, adding couples in which one spouse is an only child to the list of families allowed to have two children. Experts hope the new...

A New Step Forward in PLA Professionalization Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 5 March 15, 2021 02:24 PM Age: 2 weeks Image: People’s Liberation Army officers march in a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 2019 (Image source: Xinhua). Introduction A linchpin of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s transformation into a “world-class military” is whether it can recruit, cultivate, and retain talent, especially among the officer corps tasked with planning and conducting future wars. Uneven progress over th...