China's Capitalist Revolution (re-seed)

China's Capitalist Revolution
Sat 20 Jun 2009 19:30 BBC Two

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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