China's Capitalist Revolution Part 9/9

When Chairman Mao died in 1976, he left China in chaos and poverty. He was succeeded by Deng Xiaoping, who overturned Maoism and taught the Chinese to love capitalism, creating special investment zones for the West. But Deng's crash course in capitalism went wrong when inflation grew and workers lost jobs.

By 1989, China faced disaster. Now, 20 years after the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, this programme reveals an interpretation of the motives of the demonstrators that may well overturn the conventional view in the West.

The demonstrators did not begin by demanding democracy. Corruption, inflation and the hardship caused by economic reforms drove students and workers to confront the government and the army. Students went on hunger strike, and troops killed more than 2,000.

Deng Xiaoping gave the order to fire, but his ideas prevailed. This film argues that Deng's capitalist revolution created today's China.

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[hujintaomustresign0]

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A 27-year-old Unemployable Taiwanese Native suffers from Psychiatric Disorder in Canada. The sicko has problem with social interaction with people, so he has to channel his desire for communication in a perverted way and becomes an anti-China psycho on YouTube 24 x 7 x 52 x 3 yrs.

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[hujintaomustresign0]

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[stardaveable]

Great documentary, the most unbiased I have ever seen produced by western media.

[jia2001]

Deng XiaoPing hero of China!

[TKKTism]

All those claiming China is not getting better than before are simply blind and illiterate. Admittedly, China has a rising inequality gap but never ever do Chinese poor become poorer - no data can support otherwise. (if you can't distinguish difference between simple concept of absolute and relative wealth then I suggests you should go back to primary school.)

By any living standards, Chinese poor are lot materialistically better off than before.

[TKKTism]

All those claiming China is not getting better than before are simply blind and illiterate. Admittedly, China has a rising inequality gap but never ever do Chinese poor become poorer - no data can support this claim. (if you can't distinguish difference between simple concept of absolute and relative wealth then I suggests you should go back to primary school.)

By any living standards, Chinese poor are lot materialistically better off than before.

[dadaohanjian]

This stupid British TV program!

[MrMingfengzou]

邓小平最大的争仪就是六四.在此我要向死去的同胞感到可惜流泪.­要是不这么做.有两种情况.一个就是国家陷入内乱.四分五裂.邓­小平他可是从民初时代走过来的.人民所受的苦是可想而知的.又一­种情况就是国家迈进民主时代.这个风陷可是很大的.还有外患了.­要是内乱.很难说俄罗斯.美国印度不会伺机而动.对于一个出生在­清朝.历经民国.抗日战争,解放战争,文革的人来说.结果可想而­知.很难说对或错.在此再一次向死去的同胞鞠躬.

[junbinwang8888]

Fuck you son of bitch

[huntingv8]

now China is finally on the right track! i am proud!

[maxibus141]

In my opinion communism only works if the entire world decides to become communist. That way no country would have economic advantage over another and so you wouldn't get as great variation in living standards. Of course, this kind of unity would never happen, humans are inherently selfish and even in this modern world people are still obsessed with loss of national sovereignty.

[MrMingfengzou]

邓小平真是一代伟人啊.没有他,香港,澳门能收回来吗? 换成中共现代领导班子.行吗?就连南海也保不住,以前还在清朝邦­图之内.真是一朝不如一朝,民国时期丢掉外蒙古.中共现在南海这­个样子.可怜啊可怜.要是邓公在,局面就不一样了.历史会永记住­你的,深切怀念邓小平.