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Over the next decade, under leader Deng Xiaoping\u2019s firm leadership, China flirted with capitalism and transformed its socio-economic and political systems, effectively becoming the world\u2019s factory.<\/p>\n<p>,professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King&#8217;s College London and author of several books, including <\/p>\n<p>, a writer specializing in contemporary China and author of <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=6351\">Migrating swifts swirl in the skies of Jerusalem<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From impoverishment to global superpower, China\u2019s supremacy happened at a breakneck speed thanks to the visionary strategy of the man who took power in 1978. 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