The seismic changes Deng set in motion were daring, thrusting one-fifth of mankind in a Great Leap Outward from the crushing, dogmatic isolation of Maoism into a quasi-capitalist economic miracle.

• 邓小平果敢将占世界人口五分之一的中国人推入一场大开放中，奇迹般地把毛主义时期的顽固的闭关自守政策变成准资本主义经济体制。