Reform Was Accompanied by an Open Door Policy
Wed, 05/19/2010 - 15:32 — bens
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Time Period:
From Mao to Deng
Quote:
Deng Xiaoping was very realistic and knew the reality of both the outside world and China.
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Video Transcript:
<p>I should say that one prominent feature of China’s reform is that China’s reform was accompanied by an open door [policy]. That’s basically the difference between Deng Xiaoping’s reform and Nikita Khrushchev’s reform in the former Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s reform was just reform. At that time, they didn't really appreciate the model effect of the United States. So, everybody knows the funny debate between him, Nikita Khrushchev, and Richard Nixon, right? "The Kitchen Debates." At that time, the Soviets were really very confident in themselves. They believed that, in 1980, they would enter a new stage of so-called <i>fada shehui zhuyi</i>, advanced socialism and that in year 2000, they would reach the stage of communism. That’s very funny in man-made imagination, but I think Deng Xiaoping was very realistic and knew the reality of both the outside world and China.</p>
description:
Jin Canrong compares Deng Xiaoping's reform with that of Nikita Khrushchev's.
