Family of Deng Xiaoping

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Family of Deng Xiaoping
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Current region Beijing, China
Place of originChina
FounderDeng Xiaoping

The family of Deng Xiaoping is a prominent political Chinese family. The most well-known member is Deng Xiaoping, who led the People's Republic of China from 1978 until 1989.

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Ancestors

Deng's ancestors can be traced back to Jiaying County (now renamed as Meixian), Guangdong, [1] a prominent ancestral area for the Hakka people, and had settled in Sichuan for several generations. [2] Deng's daughter Deng Rong wrote in the book My Father Deng Xiaoping (我的父亲邓小平) that his ancestry was probably, but not definitely, Hakka. Sichuan was originally the origin of the Deng lineage until one of them was hired as an official in Guangdong during the Ming dynasty, but when the Qing dynasty planned to increase the population in 1671, they moved back to Sichuan. Deng was born in Guang'an District, Guang'an on 22 August 1904 in Sichuan province. [3]

Deng's father, Deng Wenming, was a mid-level landowner who had studied at the University of Law and Political Science in Chengdu, Sichuan. He was locally prominent. [4] His mother, surnamed Dan, died early in Deng's life, leaving Deng, his three brothers, and three sisters. [5]

Wives

Deng's first wife, one of his schoolmates from Moscow, died aged 24 a few days after giving birth to their first child, a baby girl who also died.

Jin Weiying

Jin met Deng Xiaoping in 1931 in the Central Soviet Area of Shanghai. [6] They married in Ruijin during the summer 1932, [7] [8] but he fell into political disfavour, [9] and they had divorced before 1934. [10]

Zhuo Lin

Zhuo Lin became a member of the Communist Party in 1938, and married Deng a year later in front of Mao's cave dwelling in Yan'an. [11] She was the daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan. [12] : 38 

Children

Deng and Zhuo Lin had five children: three daughters (Deng Lin, Deng Nan and Deng Rong) and two sons (Deng Pufang and Deng Zhifang).

Deng Nan

Deng Nan is a Chinese politician and physicist. She studied physics at Peking University from 1964 to 1970. She served as vice minister of China's State Science and Technology Commission from 1998 to 2004. [13]

Deng Rong

Deng Rong is the third daughter of Deng Xiaoping. When the People's Republic of China and United States established diplomatic relations in 1979, Deng was sent by her father to the Chinese Embassy in the US. She worked there for two years. From 1984 to 1990, Deng held the official position of deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the General Office of the National People's Congress. [14] She also served as Deng Xiaoping's confidential secretary from early 1989. Since 1990, she has served as the vice president of the China Association for International Friendly Contact. [15]

Deng Pufang

Deng Pufang is the eldest son of Deng Xiaoping. During the Cultural Revolution, he was injuted the Red Guards became a paraplegic. He has since dedicated his life to improving the rights of people with disabilities. In 1984, he established and became a vice president of the China Welfare Fund for the Disabled. [16] From 1988 to 2008, he served as the president of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, and its honorary chairman from 2008 to 2023. [17]

Other relatives

Deng Zhuodi

Deng Zhuodi is the grandson of Deng Xiaoping. From 2003 to 2007, he studied at the Peking University Law School. After graduation, he attended Duke University School of Law from 2007 to 2008. After his graduation from Duke with master of law degree, he worked at a law firm in Wall Street, New York City. [18] He became Deng was appointed deputy head of Pingguo County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2013. [19] From 2014 to 2016, he served as the secretary of the party committee of Xin'an town in Pingguo County. [20] In 2016, Deng served as the deputy secretary of the party committee of Pingguo County and secretary of the party committee of Xin'an town. [21] In March 2017, it was reported that he was serving as the director of the ninth council of Beijing Bridge Association. [22] [23] [24] As of April 2024, he was reported as serving as a supervisor of CITIC Finance, a subsidiary of CITIC Group. [25]

References

  1. ↑ "The arrival of the Hakkas in Sichuan Province". Asiawind.com. 29 December 1997. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Luodai, a Hakkanese town in Sichuan Province". GOV.cn. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Yingcong Dai (2009). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. pp. 25–. ISBN   978-0-295-98952-5. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Yang 1997, pp. 11–12.
  5. ↑ "Deng Xiaoping – Childhood". China.org.cn. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Goodman, David S. G. (1994). Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Revolution: A Political Biography. Psychology Press. p. 35. ISBN   978-0-415-11253-6.
  7. ↑ Stewart, Whitney (2001-01-01). Deng Xiaoping: Leader in a Changing China. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 41. ISBN   978-0-8225-4962-8.
  8. ↑ Song, Yuwu (2014-01-10). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN   978-1-4766-0298-1.
  9. ↑ Marlay, Ross; Neher, Clark D. (1999). Patriots and Tyrants: Ten Asian Leaders. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52. ISBN   978-0-8476-8442-7.
  10. ↑ Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue; Ho, Clara Wing-chung (1998). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 264–265. ISBN   978-0-7656-0798-0.
  11. ↑ "Deng Xiaoping quits smoking". UPI. 1 April 1991. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  12. ↑ Chatwin, Jonathan (2024). The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   9781350435711.
  13. ↑ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2002). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Europa Publications. p. 138. ISBN   1-85743-122-7.
  14. ↑ "Deng Rong 邓榕". China Association for International Friendly Contact. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  15. ↑ Huang, Zheping (16 March 2017). "An intricate web ties the woman who paid $16 million for Trump's condo to China's power elite". Quartz . Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  16. ↑ Pearson, Veronica. Royal College of Psychiatrists. [1995] (1995). RCPsych Publications. ISBN   0-902241-74-5. p. 88
  17. ↑ "鄧小平長子鄧樸方卸任殘聯名譽主席 文革遭迫害從三樓躍下致癱瘓". 香港01 (in Chinese). 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  18. ↑ "中国网民质疑邓小平孙子邓卓棣在美国出生国籍问题". rfi.fr. 2013-05-04. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  19. ↑ "邓小平唯一孙子邓卓棣任广西平果县副县长". sina.com.cn. 2014-06-23. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  20. ↑ "鄧小平孫「下鄉」當鎮委書記". hkej.com. 2014-06-23. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  21. ↑ "地方人事調整 「紅孩兒」擢升鄧卓棣任縣委副書記 葉仲豪胡海峰受重用". hkej.com. 2016-03-10. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  22. ↑ "鄧小平孫離任縣副書記". hkej.com. 2016-07-20. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  23. ↑ Li, Eva (2017-03-10). "Late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's influence over grandson lives on in his favourite game". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  24. ↑ "鄧卓棣「復出」 活躍橋牌賽場". hkej.com. 2017-03-08. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  25. ↑ "港媒：鄧小平孫子鄧卓棣擔任中信財務監事". CNA. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
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