Deng Xaioping

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was born on October 1, 1949, as the result of the Chinese Communist Revolution (What is the Chinese Communist Revolution, anyway?). Its life can be simply divided into three periods as follows:

• 1949–1976: Mao’s era.
• 1978–2012: Deng’s era.
• 2012–Present: Xi’s era.

Let me highlight each …