China's leader from 1978 into the 1990s, who began 改革开放 (Reform and Opening Up): markets, foreign investment and special economic zones such as Shenzhen. Hong Kong returned under his formula 一国两制 (one country, two systems).
Dèng Xiǎopíng shì Zhōngguó gǎigé kāifàng de zǒng shèjìshī.
Deng Xiaoping was the chief architect of China's reform and opening up.
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Official accounts call him 改革开放的总设计师, the 'chief architect of Reform and Opening Up'. His best-known saying: 不管黑猫白猫，能捉到老鼠就是好猫, 'black cat or white cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat'. In the 1962 original the cat was yellow.
