Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China

From revolutionary to builder to reformer, 1904-1969

Banishment and return, 1969-1974

Bringing order under Mao, 1974-1975

Looking forward under Mao, 1975

Sidelined as the Mao era ends, 1976

Return under Hua, 1977-1978

Three turning points, 1978

Setting the limits of freedom, 1978-1979

The Soviet-Vietnamese threat, 1978-1979

Opening to Japan, 1978

Opening to the United States, 1978-1979

Launching the Deng administration, 1979-1980

Deng's art of governing

Experiments in Guangdong and Fujian, 1979-1984

Economic readjustment and rural reform, 1978-1982

Accelerating economic growth and opening, 1982-1989

One country, two systems: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet

The military: preparing for modernization

The ebb and flow of politics

Beijing spring, April 15-May 17, 1989

The Tiananmen tragedy, May 17-June 4, 1989

Standing firm, 1989-1992

Deng's finale: the southern journey, 1992

China transformed.