Deng Xiaoping And Chinese Modernization 
Yujing Zhu
Dr. Wenxi Liu
AAA 207 Mid-term Assignment
March 10th, 2014
Deng Xiaoping and Chinese Modernization Modernization is a process of developing and acceleration in human civilization as well as a signal that a country passes through modern civilization. It originated from neoteric western society. Chinese sacrifice a lot on the trend towards the historical process of modernization. Numerous Chinese pioneers made unremitted efforts to explore the path towards modernization in China. Deng Xiaoping is one of the most brilliant pioneers. He combined modernization and socialism with Chinese characteristic, forming a kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In addition, as a broad and deep scientific system, Deng Xiaoping’s Theory inherits and develops the theory of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong’s thought. It is a combination of the fundamental principals of Marxism-Leninism and China’s modern practice and the feature of the time. Deng Xiaoping is a politician, militarist, reformist and an outstanding leader in People’s Republic of China. The most contribution was that he led Chinese people to the path to modernization. Furthermore, he successfully reformed Chinese economy. Indeed, there was some other people attempting to reform Chinese economy in China, but they all failed in the end. According to Yongnian Zheng, he said, “ the failure of economic reform in these former communist countries was due to the fact that their political leaders attempted to use Western neo-classical economic principles to reform their economy”(Zheng 56). China was on the list of “these former communist counties. The reason why the former effort was a failure is that western economic pattern does not fit Chinese national circumstance. According to Clem Tisdell, Deng Xiaoping said, “for many years we have neglected the study of political science, law, sociology and world politics, and now we must hurry to make up our deficiencies in these subject”(Tisdell, 277). That is to
Dr. Wenxi Liu
AAA 207 Mid-term Assignment
March 10th, 2014
Deng Xiaoping and Chinese Modernization Modernization is a process of developing and acceleration in human civilization as well as a signal that a country passes through modern civilization. It originated from neoteric western society. Chinese sacrifice a lot on the trend towards the historical process of modernization. Numerous Chinese pioneers made unremitted efforts to explore the path towards modernization in China. Deng Xiaoping is one of the most brilliant pioneers. He combined modernization and socialism with Chinese characteristic, forming a kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In addition, as a broad and deep scientific system, Deng Xiaoping’s Theory inherits and develops the theory of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong’s thought. It is a combination of the fundamental principals of Marxism-Leninism and China’s modern practice and the feature of the time. Deng Xiaoping is a politician, militarist, reformist and an outstanding leader in People’s Republic of China. The most contribution was that he led Chinese people to the path to modernization. Furthermore, he successfully reformed Chinese economy. Indeed, there was some other people attempting to reform Chinese economy in China, but they all failed in the end. According to Yongnian Zheng, he said, “ the failure of economic reform in these former communist countries was due to the fact that their political leaders attempted to use Western neo-classical economic principles to reform their economy”(Zheng 56). China was on the list of “these former communist counties. The reason why the former effort was a failure is that western economic pattern does not fit Chinese national circumstance. According to Clem Tisdell, Deng Xiaoping said, “for many years we have neglected the study of political science, law, sociology and world politics, and now we must hurry to make up our deficiencies in these subject”(Tisdell, 277). That is to
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