REHABILITATION OF DENG XIAOPING AND NATURE OF HIS REFORMS AND MODERNISATION OF THE ECONOMY

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* Rehabilitation of Deng Xiaoping
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* Deng emerges as de-facto leader quickly after rehabilitation and Hua appoints him back to old positions
* Deng builds popularity with propaganda and mobilises support within the party to outmanoeuvre Hua and oust him by 1980
* Weakened opposition by criticising the Cultural Revolution as many of his opposition played important roles in it
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* Industry/commerce
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* Incentivised efficiency
* Factories and corporations encourage to make profits and modernise production
* Attempts to connect wages to productivity
* Encouraged international trade and investment with Open Door Policy
* Deng set up Special Economic Zones in the south-east with investment capital so they could work in a free market economy
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* Education
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* Certain schools received better funding and staffing to create more experts to run industry
* Government encouraged overseas study
* Overseas teachers brought in to fill gaps of expertise’
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* One-Child Policy
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* Government recognised control and ability to feed population was integral to economic growth and success and so established One-Child Policy
* Made up of Three Prongs:
* 1. Propaganda campaign
* 2. Economic penalties for a scond child
* 3. Danwei (work organisations) had birth control quotas
* Resulted in lower birth rates, higher abortion rates
* Girls often abandoned or killed in rural areas as it was believed they couldn’t take care of their families