Deng Rong (Chinese: 邓榕; pinyin: Dèng Róng) is a Chinese politician and the third daughter of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.[2]
Deng Rong | |
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| 邓榕 | |
![Maomao 毛毛 Xiao Rong 萧榕[1]](/wiki/File:Xiao-Rong-1.JPG) Deng Rong in Bad Kissingen, Germany, in 2006 | |
| Deputy president of the China Association for International Friendly Contact (Chinese:中国国际友好联合会) | |
| Assumed office 1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1950 (age 74) Chongqing, People’s Republic of China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | He Ping |
| Children | Zhuo Yue |
| Parent(s) | Deng Xiaoping Zhuo Lin |
| Relatives | siblings: Deng Lin Deng Pufang Deng Nan Deng Zhifang |
| Education | Beijing Medical College |
Early life
editDeng is the youngest child of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife, Zhuo Lin. She has two older sisters, Deng Lin and Deng Nan, as well as two older brothers, Deng Pufang and Deng Zhifang. Within the family, she was known as Mao Mao.[3]: 38
Deng stated in an interview in 2004 that her father never spoke of official business at home and that her siblings and herself had no idea what Deng Xiaoping did at work, even though several guards stood sentry in their courtyard home.[4]
During one of the most severe flooding incidents in Henan in August 1975, Li Xiannian called Deng Xiaoping to inform him that several dams had burst. Deng Rong answered the phone and refused to allow Li to speak with her father. In the first call, she said that Deng Xiaoping was sleeping; on the second call, she hung up. The paramount leader was allegedly playing Mahjong at the time.[5] This was one of the reasons Deng Xiaoping was criticized for delaying rescue operations.[5]
Career
editWhen 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.[1]
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.[6] She also served as Deng Xiaoping's confidential secretary from early 1989.[2] Since 1990, she has served as the vice president of the China Association for International Friendly Contact.[7]
In 1992, Deng was accompanied her father on his southern tour.[3]: 38 Among the Deng Xiaoping's family members on the tour, Deng Rong was the most publicly prominent.[3]: 38
Writing
editDeng published books titled Deng Xiaoping: My Father (Chinese: 我的父亲邓小平) (1993) and Deng Xiaoping and the Cultural Revolution (2000).[3]: 66 A once-planned third volume about her father has not been published as of at least 2024.[3]: 66
Deng has also given interviews revealing details of her father's personal life and personality.[4]
Awards
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, 2005)[8]
Order of Friendship (Russia, 1999)[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Wang Duoruo 王笃若 (18 April 2016). "Deng jia houdai neng fuzhi Deng Xiaoping? 邓家后代能复制邓小平？ [Can the descendants of the Deng family reproduce Deng Xiaoping?]". Aboluo Net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ a b Tanner, Murray Scot; Feder, Michael J. (1993). "Family Politics, Elite Recruitment, and Succession in Post-Mao China". The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs. 30 (30): 114. doi:10.2307/2949993. JSTOR 2949993. S2CID 155297693.
- ^ a b c d e Chatwin, Jonathan (2024). The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350435711.
- ^ a b "My Father, Deng Xiaoping". China Internet Information Center. Translated by Wang Ruyue; Yuan Fang; Li Shen. 20 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b Shi 石, Lei 磊 (27 August 2011). "Deng Xiaoping da majiang bu li Henan gaoji 鄧小平打麻將不理河南告急 [Deng Xiaoping plays mahjong while ignoring a state of emergency in Henan]". OPEN. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Deng Sig.ra Rong". quirinale.it. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 13.11.1999 г. № 1508". kremlin.ru. 13 November 1999. Retrieved 17 June 2022.