Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour
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Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour was a pivotal 1992 series of visits to southern China during which he strongly reaffirmed and accelerated China’s market-oriented economic reforms after the post-Tiananmen slowdown.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical event
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inspection tour ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1992 Southern Tour
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Nanxun NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Inspection Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Chinese Communist Party official documents
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Chinese state media reports ⓘ scholarly works on Chinese economic reform ⓘ |
| endTime | February 1992 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | domestic debate over pace and direction of reforms after 1989 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
acceleration of market-oriented economic reforms in China
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boost to private and non-state sectors ⓘ consolidation of Deng Xiaoping’s reform legacy ⓘ expansion of special economic zones ⓘ greater autonomy for local governments in economic policy ⓘ ideological shift toward pragmatism in economic policy ⓘ increased foreign direct investment in China ⓘ increased political support for reformist leaders ⓘ marginalization of conservative economic policies ⓘ rapid economic growth in China in the 1990s ⓘ reaffirmation of reform and opening-up policy ⓘ revival of economic reform after post-Tiananmen slowdown ⓘ strengthening of coastal development strategy ⓘ strengthening of socialist market economy orientation ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Tiananmen political and economic slowdown in China ⓘ |
| influenced | adoption of the term socialist market economy at the 14th Party Congress ⓘ |
| location |
Guangdong Province
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Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubei Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Shenzhen NERFINISHED ⓘ Wuhan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhuhai NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Chinese economic reform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive |
to demonstrate success of special economic zones
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to overcome resistance to economic reform ⓘ to promote openness to foreign investment and technology ⓘ to restart reforms slowed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ |
| participant | Deng Xiaoping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese economic reform and opening-up ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1992 ⓘ |
| significantStatement |
Development is the hard truth
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It does not matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice ⓘ Planned economy is not the same as socialism, because there is planning under capitalism; market economy is not the same as capitalism, because there are markets under socialism ⓘ We must be bolder in reform and opening up ⓘ Whoever does not reform must step down ⓘ |
| startTime | January 1992 ⓘ |
| topic |
coastal development strategy
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foreign investment ⓘ socialist market economy ⓘ special economic zones ⓘ |
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