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Source/Further reading:

Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

NYTimes, obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/20/wo...

Contemporary LA Times report on Deng’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

Literary Review, Deng’s dark side: https://literaryreview.co.uk/number-t...

On Deng’s reforms: https://theconversation.com/to-get-ri...

More on reforms: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-0...

China’s reforms in charts: https://qz.com/1498654/the-astonishin...

Tiananmen Square Massacre: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...

BBC on the massacre: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-4...

Radio Free Asia, the anti-rightist campaign: https://www.rfa.org/english/china/chi...

China then and now photos: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...