On 22 July 1977, party elders brought Deng Xiao Ping back from exile. By the next year he was China’s paramount leader. For many in the west, Deng’s role as reformer was tarnished by his eventual support for the hardline response of 1989 known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre. History can be ironic. Deng’s fall… Continue reading #OTD 22 July – Of which Tiananmen do you speak?