Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
In office September 1982 – November 1987
General Secretary
Hu Yaobang
Head of Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office April 1982 – August 1985
Preceded by
Wang Renzhong
Succeeded by
Zhu Houze
Personal details
Born
(1915-11-27)November 27, 1915 Guidong, Hunan, China
Died
February 10, 2015(2015-02-10) (aged 99) Beijing, China
Political party
Chinese Communist Party
Spouse
Luo Liyun
Children
Deng Yingtao
Alma mater
Peking University
Deng Liqun
Traditional Chinese
鄧力群
Simplified Chinese
邓力群
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Dèng Lìqún
Wade–Giles
Teng Li-Ch'un
Deng Liqun (November 27, 1915 – February 10, 2015) was a Chinese politician and theorist who was one of the leading figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the 1980s, most well known for his involvement with the party's propaganda work. Deng was born in Guidong County, Hunan province, and joined the CCP in 1936.[1] He came from an intellectual family and joined the party out of intellectual commitment.[2] He was often referred to as "Little Deng", to be distinguished from Deng Xiaoping (no relation), the "Old Deng".[3]
Purged during the Cultural Revolution, Deng emerged in the 1980s as one of the most vocal members of the hardline wing of the party in the lead-up of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. He advocated for the orthodox Communist-style planned economy and spoke out against market-oriented economic reforms and political liberalization. He retreated from active politics in 1987, after failing to secure enough internal support to gain a seat on the CCP Politburo, which was partly attributed to his hardline ideological stance, but continued to agitate for the hardline line.
^Song, Yuwu (8 July 2013). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland. p. 57. ISBN 9780786435821.
^Fewsmith, Joseph (1994). Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate. M.E. Sharpe. p. 36. ISBN 9780765637611.
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