"Deng Xiaoping, who launched the economic ‘reform and opening up’ in 1978, rejected demands for Western-style democracy and suppressed the 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
In varying degrees, these conditions were present in all countries that successfully transformed into industrialised nations."
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First seen: 2026-09-18 ·
Last seen: 2026-09-18 ·
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