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Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping
The text of the Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping(1938-1965) is a translation by the Bureau of Translation of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
348 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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July 8, 2025
Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping could be said in a short word, ‘Deng Xiaoping, the Revolutionary’. In his first volume, most of the letters focused on fixing the bureaucracy of China while negotiating with capitalists to structure an actual economy unlike most socialists that want to purge the entire bourgeois class. Reading his first volume, you can clearly see that his ideas are a progression from Marxism to suit the needs of Chinese realities.
Deng Xiaoping advocates for negotiation with landlords and to minimize public humiliation that was quite popular among the masses. One interesting thing is how heavily he advocates for “democratic socialism”, a parliament consisting of socialist-approved democratic parties and to partake in political campaigns alongside those parties without sidelining them. He’s truly a fan of Bukharin. He even criticized Stalin in one of his letters.
However, he gave an unsatisfactory explanation towards minorities’ issue with by coping out with “I don’t really understand their culture so we should wait until they ask for reforms.”
Other than that, his Six Principles for Financial Work is applicable anywhere in the world because his economic ideas are quite sensible compared to other revolutionaries.
Overall, this book is an outgrowth of Mao Zedong Thoughts that were derived from Marxist-Leninism with a focus on scientific aspect of Dialectical Materialism. Since this is still the start, I don’t expect that much. I’m expecting to see more economic ideas in Volume 2 and 3.
Deng Xiaoping advocates for negotiation with landlords and to minimize public humiliation that was quite popular among the masses. One interesting thing is how heavily he advocates for “democratic socialism”, a parliament consisting of socialist-approved democratic parties and to partake in political campaigns alongside those parties without sidelining them. He’s truly a fan of Bukharin. He even criticized Stalin in one of his letters.
However, he gave an unsatisfactory explanation towards minorities’ issue with by coping out with “I don’t really understand their culture so we should wait until they ask for reforms.”
Other than that, his Six Principles for Financial Work is applicable anywhere in the world because his economic ideas are quite sensible compared to other revolutionaries.
Overall, this book is an outgrowth of Mao Zedong Thoughts that were derived from Marxist-Leninism with a focus on scientific aspect of Dialectical Materialism. Since this is still the start, I don’t expect that much. I’m expecting to see more economic ideas in Volume 2 and 3.
June 5, 2020
Glad to finally be reading through these. One of the 20th century's most important leaders, and I think it's accurate to say most Americans don't know his name. I didn't until maybe 2 years ago at most. For historical context to Trump's current beef with the PRC you have to at least go back to Deng's "reform and opening up." Thankfully this volume takes us back even further, to civil war and beyond..
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