andhad china been that peasant country WHOM would have made stuff and profited better? THE WEST AND ITS PEOPLE rather then what will comes when they now over take the west and the usa is dropped to 3rd when india rises next.
“Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership” Deng Xiaoping
It’s always the humble and quiet one can survive and strive during chaotic time. What I admire about Deng is he experienced the worst decades of China, the country failed him so many times yet he still works extremely hard till the end of his life, he loves his motherland and the people dearly.
His family also get rich and make benefit from the economy reform lol. By the way, he killed thousands of innocent students during TIanan men massacre.
@@frienze8314 Yeah, I don't get it, why is he is portrayed positively in the west when he is the person who ordered the PLA soldier to "clean up the Tiananmen Square" China would be way better economcally and more freedom if he never took power
@@chikamazri5817 Are you two insane? Deng Xiaoping was a great Politician and man, you soft liberal sissy boys don't understand that democracy simply can NOT function in such a giant country with hundred and hundreds of millions of people that has been normalized with authoritarianism. China is prosperous due to the great work of Deng Xiaoping and your feelings are obviously blinding you from many of the great things he did do.
@@nybotheveg nah his foreign policies dont make him a dictator. I would say Xi is a dictator cuz of all his censorships and the rules he has made. Deng was a reformer who forever changed China like Lee Kuan Yew at singapore
Hey Simon, since you did an episode on Deng Xiao Peng. You got to consider doing one for the person who inspire him to reform and open up China. Lee Kuan Yew. The Father of Singapore!
I beg to differ on China's greatness. Though I understand the meaning of being a greater power than in the Boxer Rebellion days when China was abused by European Powers.
Deng's greatest teacher in terms of economic policy is Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. He visited Singapore right after China opened up in 1978 and sit with Lee for days hearing and remembering his advice that he never forget : "do what's work and abandon what's doesn't". He went back home and do exactly what Lee Kuan Yew had told him.
@@epa2349 No. What’s best for your people is the most important thing. By taking away their freedom, you make their lives meaningless and their own country their prison
Mr. Deng Xiaoping is a true great proletariat revolutionist, although he was the most powerful man in China, he just asked people to spray his bone ash into Chinese sea from a plane, to merge himself together with his motherland.
@@ianmurphy9955 thanks for suggestion my friend,I was looking,but I didn't found it.Not only about Ceaușescu, but also about other eastern states communist leaders would be intersting to see some biographies
He has little credit for good reasons. After Mao became chairman, Zhou persecuted many former comrades that contributed the form of PRC, just to stay on Mao’s good side. I mean, seeing all the madness during the cultural revolution, can’t blame he to try to save his ass, but yea, he involved heavily of the great leap and cultural revolution…
@@jackl2257 Uyghur genocide, flooding of poorer cities to protect bigger cities without proper aid or warning, threatening war over Taiwan, an independent country, you know, the usual
@@rackneh there’s nothing new about what you said about xi, it has always been like this only that now thanks to news coverage and propaganda many people are pissed off by this. If anything the re-education camps are scaled down as reported by even western media
@@yjk5430 Khmer rouge under Chinese advisor demanded part of our territory and opened the attack first lol. Vietnam after the previous war was exhausted af, there is no reason to start another one if it's not a real threat.
Mr. Deng Xiaoping is a true great proletariat revolutionist, although he was the most powerful man in China, he just asked people to spray his bone ash into Chinese sea from a plane, to merge himself together with his motherland.
Really happy to have discovered this channel over the New Year. I needed a concise overview of De Gaulle and Eisenhower's life as anchors to my understanding of WW2. I am also glad to have a deeper understanding of the significance of Deng. Please consider doing some episodes on Nogai, Timur, Nader-Shah, Abbas the Great, Casimir III, Belisarius, Empress Ki, Xiang Yu, Li Shi-Min, Yue Fei, Cao Cao, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Takauji Ashikaga, Emperor Tenji, King Micheon, King Yeongryu and Seung-Man Rhee.
@@LevisH21 Lee Kuan Yew inherited all of the conditions that helped his country prosper. Deng and zhou and Mao and the whole of the Chinese people had to build theirs
Excellent video. One of those I might listen to in the background but end up sitting down and re-starting. Immensely informative and not another rehashed subject. Well done team 👏
Whistler my man, you advertised this channel on another. I didn't think it was for me, I was totally wrong. The way you frame people's lives and utilize the English language is brilliant as you brits would say. 👏Happy new year!! 🍻
Thanks for the recognition and unbiased video! Always felt something's unique and romantic about my parent's generation (born in the early 70s) that advocated these reforms. Sadly Deng's reformist idea and humble attitude is withering today, in China or around the world.
"Deng Xiaoping:Make China great again " is a title that speaks the truth!He is truly one of the 20th century greatest leaders who brought China out of economic misery into the global limelight leaving behind a country that is on verge of becoming the sole power of the world 🇨🇳🇨🇳🌍🌍!He brought prosperity at an incredible rate and improved millions of his citizens without going through wars,plundering another country or continent's resources or enslaving people unlike imperial Europe and USA founded on the sweat and tears of slaves!That I applaud 👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤❤❤
This was so interesting some of the things I knew but not everything about this obviously. Loving all of your channels Simon it’s like learning something different every day!!
9:00 The re-annexation of Tibet had only one major action. It was the Battle of Chamdo where 300 people died on both sides, plus 3,000 prisoners captured. Essentially the Tibetan forces were quickly routed and persuaded to surrender. Not sure why this is characterized as a shocking level of death. Deng was also not the commander but the political officer.
Well ofc they surrendered fast. I mean have you seen the Tibetians condition at that time? Dang, i used to think Dalai Lama was man of peace then i saw what had happened in Tibet when his ilk was in charge for centuries. Slaverly was still exist, and worst they made books, lamps, from human skins. YUCK!!
The annexation of Tibet was not very violent. Tibetan militias were not able to put up much of a fight, and the Chinese tried to take Tibet with as little bloodshed as possible. But pro-Dalai Tibetan resistance after the Chinese takeover became more violent, they got arms from the US and even tried to persuade the US to nuke China. Of course, they were not very successful...
Very good job. Thanks. The only thing missing is the influence the leader of Singapore had on him. Apparently his economic philosophy was pivotal. I can't remember the name of this Singaporean leader. He was an amazing figure.
Lee Kwan Yew was influential to Deng Xiaoping because Singapore was an ethnically Han Chinese-majority state and because Lee ruled Singapore as a dictatorship, Deng saw a model for technological and economic advancement without ever becoming a liberal democracy
I really like the videos written by Morris M. The one about Margaret Thatcher was also great. Focused on both the good and sometimes horrific things that they did. Kudos - and I say that as someone with both British and Chinese ancestry.
Man it's crazy - I've been doing as much learning as I can about world history and politics over the last 3 years or so since I've had a job where I can wear headphones- Every time I come across a political figure I need to learn about you have a video about then xD I appreciate all of your work - I sub to at least a couple of your channels.
A really good video. I learned a lot. It's really amazing how Deng was able to play the political game in China as it changed throughout his life, and he had a really long, successful career that spanned most of the 20th century. The income of the people in China has to have tripled or more in his life. The US needs a leader like that. His story shows the lengths he was willing to go to in order to personally survive, and bring his country to great heights in his lifetime, and beyond. He undoubtedly left China far better than he found it.
@@michaelbrown3439 the fact that your bar for what makes a good leader is Adolf Hitler means you aren't willing to have a logical conversation with me.
In my opinion, that really takes the shine off of Deng's legacy. He put China on the path towards liberalization, and then made sure it never completed the transformation to a Democracy. And now lacking that, Xi Jinping is able to force his "Economic Thought" on the nation and could take them backwards.
I like the he also mentioned the anti rightist campaign, his involvement in the occupation of Tibet and his support for Mao. In fact, I think a lot of things are wrong with Deng and he is more of an opportunist than a visionary.
When Deng took power in 1978, the GDP per capita of China ranked top 5 from the bottom, extremely poor. But today, we become the biggest competitor seen by the USA, this is incredible, we should always remember and implement the policies designed by Deng. Being quiet and always humble in the world.
I stumbled into ur channel a few days ago while looking for Viktor Frankl. I have been binge watching ever since. No body says it better than an Englishman. 🏆🏅
Hi Simon, can you please do a video on Norman Bethune? I think stories like his should be spread to more people as the world is tearing itself further and further apart. Thanks!
I'd like to see some biographies on some of the more obscure combloc leaders of the Cold War, such as Klement Gottwald, Gustav Husak, Alexander Dubcek, Nicolae Ceausescu, Erich Honecker and Janos Kadar.
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Hi! It's me again! As always, I love all of your content, and as usual, I'm here to request a Biographic on Ip Man, the martial arts mentor to the late, great Bruce Lee! Thank you in advance and happy New Year! -A Loyal Subscriber
The Chinese are grateful to Deng Xiaoping, a great man who turned China from a third world country into the second largest economy in the middle class, and successfully recaptured Hong Kong and Macau, bringing China a big step closer to reunification.
@@devizesolstice4617 the point system is also used in the western system. But you could always pretend they don't exist and celebrate how much better it is.
@@devizesolstice4617 Freedom without a strong economy is overrated. Let me ask you this, how much freedom do you really think a homeless person on the street of LA has?
Hey, Simon, Thank You for making this video, as I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time. Also, I was curious if you would you kindly make a video on Warographics or Into The Shadows covering the Thirty Years Wars, the reasons that led to the conflict (Notably, its Hussite precursor), and the massive levels of cruelty that were before unseen in the conflict. It could also be done in a general overview style on Biographics or Geographics as the crisis of the 17th century (I think the 1600s is the 17th based 0-100 being century 1, but I could be wrong). But hey, my man, stay healthy, and I hope your future, and for those of us, will be as we hope and wish for ourselves and for those we love and care for; cheers!!!
Finally, as a Dengist I have been looking forward to this vid for a long time and you did a great job on representing both the good and bad sides of his teaching. Major kudos!
Great video but I couldn’t resist 😂 Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén, Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng; Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén, Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng; Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén, Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng; We just now need his pixelated head…
Can you do a biographic on some Irish revolutionary figures or perhaps Thomas Francis magher he was a young revolutionary exiled to Australia before escaping and informing the warden by note that he was doing it went to America fought as a commander for the union during the civil war before becoming a governor before disappearing on the missisipi River never to be seen again also he was the first to fly the Irish tricolour
Deng is actually a very capable leader . It is thanks to him that China conducted market reform and rescued from the craziness of Maoism and Maoist followers. I don’t like the CCP - or Communism at all but I love Deng and his rule. He wasn’t a Communists in real practice, he was above all a utilitarian pragmatist and realist. Whatever that works - end justify means.
Well the downside is that he instigated the Tiananmen massacre. Though I get him why he stopped China from fully democracizing--he wanted Economic reforms first and maybe talk about political reforms later (I heard that China was about to take the Hong Kong route of reforms and opening), but the reversal and tightening happened with Xi Jinping took seat.
@@oiawoo9168 Do you know that amongst (some) of the Protestors were actually neo Maoist who wanted another to emulate another Cultural Revolution? A rational modern Democracy, with a market economy, Civil Society and rule of law comes from gradual evolution with - not passionate revolutions based on mindless idealisms,
@@oiawoo9168 As a matter of fact, he didn’t instigate the use of lethal force. He gave the orders to use troops in order to restore public order, the order to fire was from Premier Li Peng.
Tiananmen wasn’t a black and white event that you think it was. Even the student bodies have differing views and demands. But the core of it was an intra-party struggle between the conservative (Li Peng) and the reformist (Zhao Ziyang), both trying to win the mind of one audience - Deng Xiaoping. In the end, Zhao Ziyang fell out of power, but was not replaced by Li Peng. Deng actually chose another semi-reformer Jiang Zemin. I’m basing this from the book Tiananmen Papers. Allegedly it is a compliation of party documents from the time, but interesting assuming they are genuine.
Deng Xiaoping is a great example of why some of the most effective leaders are the who make mistakes, but learn from them. He was very clearly an ardent socialist, and later Maoist. So had he not both witnessed the many failures of Maoism (some of which he personally orchestrated), and had his faith and service to the CCP rewarded with betrayal, who's to say he would've so thoroughly rejected communism when his turn came? His experience with the poor planning and turmoil of Mao's regime also clearly shaped his economic reform strategy; he didn't just handpick a successor who he thought he could trust with the plan, but ruled by proxy to ensure Jiang Zemin wouldn't deviate from it. The fact China has essentially returned to Maoism for the last decade, yet still hasn't undone most of what Deng achieved, is proof that his methods worked.
Well researched, and well presented. Just subscribed. I grew up during Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and witnessed the transformation China went through on a day-to-dat basis brought about by Deng's 'Reform and Opening-up' policy.
Love or hate him .His works are the living proof of what we see today.just hope the present leader understands how easy it is to push your country into chaos .if you are not wise with your aspersions.
@@ZeroResurrected " The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves " -Deng Xiaoping.
@@thesovietunionroblox5798 Because it is. In every country. But they lie, abuse their power and oppress their people a Hell of a lot more in communist countries. Communism is a virus that robs people of everything that makes them human
Deng Xiaoping was a great leader who participated in the Long March as one of the generals of the Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, he held an important position in the Communist Party. Commanded the People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang in many decisive battles. After liberation, Deng Xiaoping saved China's economic and political collapse many times. Many people may criticize him, but he is really a great figure in the history of modern human development.
Without Mao's military unification of China and without the organizational structure of a Leninist party-state (with branches in every village from the tropical jungles of Yunnan to the Turkic bazaars of Xinjiang, always ready to mobilize) there couldn't be Deng's consolidation and development. There's more continuity than change from Mao to Deng. Here's how DENG HIMSELF described his policy to famous Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci in August 1980: "Let's start with pointing out that, in the final analysis, the principle of our national construction is the same which was formulated by Chairman Mao. While taking international assistance, we'll mainly rely on our own efforts. That is, no matter how we will open to the West, no matter how we will use the foreign captial, and whatever the proportion of the private investment will be, this will cover only a small percentage of the Chinese ecomony. It will by no means affect the socialist public ownership of the means of production. Even the fact that foreigners might build factories in China will play only a complementary role. A subsidary role."
Because of Deng, from reading about him and watching this video, China is really not a communist country, I've heard some people call it State Capitalism and i have to agree to a certain point, they still call it communism, retain all the communist propaganda, imagery, and symbolism but thats merely it with a few other exceptions I'm sure
All countries are mixed economies. Saying X or Y is capitalist or communist is just a too simplistic view that many people take cause they prefer simple answers.
I would call it state capitalism in a Communist disguise. In practice, everything they do is opposed to communism. Those communist symbols, etc, have nothing to do with communism, but everything to do with the Party's power. It's about consolidating the Party's power, which in turn ensures the smooth operation of China's capitalist economy.,
Ronald Reagan Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again. Bill Clinton Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again Donald Trump Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again Deng Xiaoping: Hold my beer as i make China great again!
What few people know is before the "bloodbath" in 1989, PLA soldiers, plural, had been beaten to death, some had their guns taken, one of them was killed so brutally, that his belly was cut open, gut and colon hanging out, and his dead body and hanged on a bridge, all these done by "armless" protesters who "demanded for democracy", because the soldiers did not have the permission to open fire by then. What happens after, ironically, is known by almost everyone, and that's that with Deng's "blessing", the soldiers were given the permission to open fire, which caused hundreds of deaths(number depend on what source you read).
You missed the point of this channel where statements are not made on circumstantial evidence and neutrality is respected. Please respect that or look elsewhere for content more closely aligned with your own interests.
@@H2OSoarin I don't think my comment suggested that any of the statements in this video are made on circumstantial evidence. My comment was intended to add another perspective which I hope would contribute to neutrality.
Simple facts without serious history gives simplistic misleading impressions. The Brits ruled ruthlessly for 300 years of the British Raj which included Burma (the largest tribe) and caused five famines in India. China’s revolution took decades from Sun Yatsen’s Xinhai overthrow of the Qing Manchu dynasties in 1911 followed by 38 more years of foreign occupation by Western and Japanese forces and civil war. Do some homework and don’t look for simple answers.
I always see Deng and mao as two types of leaders . Mao was the father of China , abusive and zealous , and deng was founder of China , pragmatic and wise. But both authoritarian. Different sides on the same coin
I see Mao more as a failure, but thats just me. In order to be father you have to make something work to begin with. Deng was simply using what worked, so if anything he should have a poster on the wall
You simply can't compare Mao to Deng. Deng was your typical pragmatic statesman who focused on "Chinese interests", while Mao was a visionary and a radical who wanted to change the world. Mao was not "authoritarian", he could switch from brutal iron-fist to supporting anarchistic uprisings against his own government. He did whatever he did in order to facilitate revolutionary changes, and could be brutal at that. Deng was not a revolutionary. He was always a state manager concerned with managing, guess what, the State.
Hi biographies, I have a question, I know there’s a history channel called history matters and he like never has ads on his UA-cam channel because he says if I’m not actually going to use it, I won’t bother putting it in my video, I’ve been wondering the same for you? I see your ads and I actually really love how you do your ads and yea, for like the watches or sqaure space or whatever, do you actually use the ads or just show the ads? Won’t matter either way because I love this channel and all the videos and happy new yesrs
Deng Xiao Ping is top of my list as the most influential leader at the end of 20th century.... second on the list will be the late Lee Kwan Yew (ex-PM of Singapore).
Ever consider doing one on musician Andrew Wood? The Seattle legend who died from heroin overdose before his bands only lp, and the band morphed into one of the biggest rock bands ever..
Thank you for all your amazing videos Simon!I learn something new about history and it's most important people thanks to your videos!👏👏👏👏I love your channel
Mao's body was cement into a coffin in Beijing, just like Lenin. However, Deng's ashes was spread into the sea, accroding to his will. True hero will be remembered by people's heart.
Wow, finally a Biographics episode featuring that guy from Hong Kong 97! Just kidding, as a Romanian I would be the first to watch a future episode about Ceaușescu
Crazy thing is, what Deng did was basically capitalism. Gets called a capitalist and is ousted by the party. Implements capitalism and now China has the 2nd largest economy in the world.
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TRIM YA BEARD lol ya look like ya crawled out of a basement ..oh wait lol nvm
andhad china been that peasant country WHOM would have made stuff and profited better? THE WEST AND ITS PEOPLE rather then what will comes when they now over take the west and the usa is dropped to 3rd when india rises next.
Daymn son… lmao
Please talk about Falkland war and vietnam war
Oh, it's youtube, lies sell.....lies make money.....all fun and games until your children are sent to war....
“Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership”
Deng Xiaoping
Rightful position, unlike our criminal hegemonic position.
That last part is pretty amusing nowadays
Quite the opposite of Xinnie the Pooh
Whoever supports this statement probably also likes R.Kelly songs...
Nicely hidden tankie comment here.
Did you know he was also a homosexual? Glad the CCP supports it.
It’s always the humble and quiet one can survive and strive during chaotic time. What I admire about Deng is he experienced the worst decades of China, the country failed him so many times yet he still works extremely hard till the end of his life, he loves his motherland and the people dearly.
His family also get rich and make benefit from the economy reform lol. By the way, he killed thousands of innocent students during TIanan men massacre.
I don't think a man who suppress students and workers' protests with tanks is GREAT
@@frienze8314 And those students and workers wanted China to plunged into chaos and disunity clearly don't deserve to live.
@@frienze8314 Yeah, I don't get it, why is he is portrayed positively in the west when he is the person who ordered the PLA soldier to "clean up the Tiananmen Square"
China would be way better economcally and more freedom if he never took power
@@chikamazri5817 Are you two insane? Deng Xiaoping was a great Politician and man, you soft liberal sissy boys don't understand that democracy simply can NOT function in such a giant country with hundred and hundreds of millions of people that has been normalized with authoritarianism. China is prosperous due to the great work of Deng Xiaoping and your feelings are obviously blinding you from many of the great things he did do.
Bummed you didn’t mention his trip to USA while Carter was President. I was a kid but recall it still. Deng wearing a cowboy hat at a rodeo.
Don’t expect all details and accuracy here.
@@jimkalfakis9893 you can't leave out a Chinese dictator in a cowboy hat though.
@@nybotheveg he wasnt a dictator tho
@@bagtea Deng was definitely a dictator.
@@nybotheveg nah his foreign policies dont make him a dictator. I would say Xi is a dictator cuz of all his censorships and the rules he has made. Deng was a reformer who forever changed China like Lee Kuan Yew at singapore
Hey Simon, since you did an episode on Deng Xiao Peng. You got to consider doing one for the person who inspire him to reform and open up China. Lee Kuan Yew. The Father of Singapore!
"That's a paddlin'."
~Lee Kuan Yew
I like your name
I beg to differ on China's greatness. Though I understand the meaning of being a greater power than in the Boxer Rebellion days when China was abused by European Powers.
agree
@@jimgoulet3035 Wut? No one in this thread said anything about "China's greatness"
Deng's greatest teacher in terms of economic policy is Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore.
He visited Singapore right after China opened up in 1978 and sit with Lee for days hearing and remembering his advice that he never forget : "do what's work and abandon what's doesn't".
He went back home and do exactly what Lee Kuan Yew had told him.
李光耀能和邓小平比较？
No wonder both Singapore and China became state capitalist economies under authoritarian one-party states😂
@@larshofler8298 If it works it works.
@@古月.方源-c4l 李光耀能称祖,邓小平只能称宗.李光耀也算开创了一个独特的世界.况且邓小平访问新加坡的确触动很大.国内很多经济政策一开始是跟新加坡学的.我记得2000年前,中国政府都一直派人去新加坡学习来着.当时还派了很多人在苏州工业园的一些企业学习.
@@larshofler8298 well, look at singapore now, while east germany still fall behind
Deng is quite an interesting guy. He is arguably the man most responsible for China becoming a true super power.
Pity he was still a monstrous, communist thug! Better than Mao, definitely less kooky, but still a thug.
That’s a bad thing. Authoritarian regimes are a disease
@@ZeroResurrected
Democratic regime that is utterly incompetent is useless & a disease as well. Whatever brings success is the most important thing.
@@epa2349 No. What’s best for your people is the most important thing. By taking away their freedom, you make their lives meaningless and their own country their prison
@@Amoore-vv9wx He colonized Tibet and we’re the imperialists? FOH, bootlicker!
1:45 - Chapter 1 - Revolution rock
5:40 - Chapter 2 - March to victory
9:50 - Mid roll ads
11:30 - Chapter 3 - Chaos era
16:05 - Chapter 4 - Spinners & losers
19:05 - Chapter 5 - The miracle
23:00 - Chapter 6 - Turning points
WTF is that supposed to mean?
Came to thank you for the time stamps, but now I'm confused by the other comments. I wish I had context. 🤔
@@jonhall2274 Yeah, people delete them, then all context is gone, my apologies.
Deng Xiaoping is one of the greatest leaders in history. Truly an inspiring figure.
Mr. Deng Xiaoping is a true great proletariat revolutionist, although he was the most powerful man in China, he just asked people to spray his bone ash into Chinese sea from a plane, to merge himself together with his motherland.
@@dingloong2470 不知为何，看到这个，想哭
He is one of the worst leader in Chinese XX century history
did deng xiOping also have 210,000 unarmed protestors murdered at the tiemann square?
@@dysay He contained an illegitimate insurrection.
Happy New Year to Simon, his fabulous team, and all of you other legends watching these channels!
Sheesh fishing for likes so desperately my goodness
@@fullsendcirca9255 you must be fun at parties. 😂😂
What I thought
You look like someone who would like Heineken.
@@lukevalsek5020 And you look like a plane that never gets to leave.
Happy New Year!I hope that you will make a video about Nicolae Ceaușescu biography too.
I believe if you look back that video exists on here my friend
@@ianmurphy9955
I just looked and nope….
But that would be an interesting video
@@ianmurphy9955 thanks for suggestion my friend,I was looking,but I didn't found it.Not only about Ceaușescu, but also about other eastern states communist leaders would be intersting to see some biographies
@@SRW_ yes indeed,about all eastern and Central european states communist leaders
Btw, on his other channel Geographics there is a video about the palace of the people which talks a fair bit about Ceauşescu
Has Simon ever done a video on Zhou Enlai? Arguably he had the greatest impact on modern China for the least amount of credit. Great video by the way.
Deng was the best & the 2nd Xi Jinping, the worse was mao, but without mao there is no Deng
He has little credit for good reasons. After Mao became chairman, Zhou persecuted many former comrades that contributed the form of PRC, just to stay on Mao’s good side. I mean, seeing all the madness during the cultural revolution, can’t blame he to try to save his ass, but yea, he involved heavily of the great leap and cultural revolution…
Mao did something very wrong, but without him, there is no new China in 1949
@@kikyaaakun I heard he saved many during the cultural revolution though? Through his influence, he couldn't save everyone but some.
I have to say "He Made China Great Again" is very factual statement.
Until Winnie the pooh came and fucked everythang up
@@rackneh how so?
@@jackl2257 Uyghur genocide, flooding of poorer cities to protect bigger cities without proper aid or warning, threatening war over Taiwan, an independent country, you know, the usual
@@rackneh which is the standard policy and stand for decades in China
@@rackneh there’s nothing new about what you said about xi, it has always been like this only that now thanks to news coverage and propaganda many people are pissed off by this. If anything the re-education camps are scaled down as reported by even western media
My country has border conflict with china during his time, but still he’s one of the best ruler in the modern world
"Border conflict"? LOL
You were trying to swallow up Laos and Cambodia. Greater Vietnam my foot.
@@yjk5430 haha
@@yjk5430 Cambodia attacked first
@@yjk5430 Khmer rouge under Chinese advisor demanded part of our territory and opened the attack first lol. Vietnam after the previous war was exhausted af, there is no reason to start another one if it's not a real threat.
Mr. Deng Xiaoping is a true great proletariat revolutionist, although he was the most powerful man in China, he just asked people to spray his bone ash into Chinese sea from a plane, to merge himself together with his motherland.
Really happy to have discovered this channel over the New Year. I needed a concise overview of De Gaulle and Eisenhower's life as anchors to my understanding of WW2. I am also glad to have a deeper understanding of the significance of Deng.
Please consider doing some episodes on Nogai, Timur, Nader-Shah, Abbas the Great, Casimir III, Belisarius, Empress Ki, Xiang Yu, Li Shi-Min, Yue Fei, Cao Cao, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Takauji Ashikaga, Emperor Tenji, King Micheon, King Yeongryu and Seung-Man Rhee.
Timur would definitely be very interesting
@@donnaduffy5353 I believe he did.
Deng is one of the most important men in human history
he copied the economic policies/principles of Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew was even more important. probably one of my favorite politicians in history.
@@LevisH21 he still put it into play and help the lives of millions of people
@@LevisH21 not copied. inspired
@@LevisH21 your mind is narrow
@@LevisH21 Lee Kuan Yew inherited all of the conditions that helped his country prosper. Deng and zhou and Mao and the whole of the Chinese people had to build theirs
Excellent video. One of those I might listen to in the background but end up sitting down and re-starting. Immensely informative and not another rehashed subject. Well done team 👏
Whistler my man, you advertised this channel on another. I didn't think it was for me, I was totally wrong. The way you frame people's lives and utilize the English language is brilliant as you brits would say. 👏Happy new year!! 🍻
which part of that is the part that brits would say LOL
@@ATOMIC_V_8 how is it strange? Last I checked Brits love the word brilliant
As a new generation of Chinese, I will always miss Grandpa Deng
So you're going to be next leader of China
@@ayale1130 nah
His gonna be the next leader of the Fed
Print more money baby
Tell your current boss, Xi, he is an ahole for claiming the islands in southeast asia
Keep climbing that mountain, but now and again, stop and look behind you, to see how far you have progressed.
Same
Thanks for the recognition and unbiased video! Always felt something's unique and romantic about my parent's generation (born in the early 70s) that advocated these reforms. Sadly Deng's reformist idea and humble attitude is withering today, in China or around the world.
"Deng Xiaoping:Make China great again " is a title that speaks the truth!He is truly one of the 20th century greatest leaders who brought China out of economic misery into the global limelight leaving behind a country that is on verge of becoming the sole power of the world 🇨🇳🇨🇳🌍🌍!He brought prosperity at an incredible rate and improved millions of his citizens without going through wars,plundering another country or continent's resources or enslaving people unlike imperial Europe and USA founded on the sweat and tears of slaves!That I applaud 👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤❤❤
But did China not profit off of the west, and by association, profited too from slavery?
This was so interesting some of the things I knew but not everything about this obviously. Loving all of your channels Simon it’s like learning something different every day!!
9:00 The re-annexation of Tibet had only one major action. It was the Battle of Chamdo where 300 people died on both sides, plus 3,000 prisoners captured. Essentially the Tibetan forces were quickly routed and persuaded to surrender. Not sure why this is characterized as a shocking level of death. Deng was also not the commander but the political officer.
Well ofc they surrendered fast. I mean have you seen the Tibetians condition at that time? Dang, i used to think Dalai Lama was man of peace then i saw what had happened in Tibet when his ilk was in charge for centuries. Slaverly was still exist, and worst they made books, lamps, from human skins. YUCK!!
The annexation of Tibet was not very violent. Tibetan militias were not able to put up much of a fight, and the Chinese tried to take Tibet with as little bloodshed as possible. But pro-Dalai Tibetan resistance after the Chinese takeover became more violent, they got arms from the US and even tried to persuade the US to nuke China. Of course, they were not very successful...
Very good job. Thanks. The only thing missing is the influence the leader of Singapore had on him. Apparently his economic philosophy was pivotal. I can't remember the name of this Singaporean leader. He was an amazing figure.
Lee Kuan Yew. I think they have a video on him up already
Lee Kwan Yew was influential to Deng Xiaoping because Singapore was an ethnically Han Chinese-majority state and because Lee ruled Singapore as a dictatorship, Deng saw a model for technological and economic advancement without ever becoming a liberal democracy
I really like the videos written by Morris M. The one about Margaret Thatcher was also great. Focused on both the good and sometimes horrific things that they did. Kudos - and I say that as someone with both British and Chinese ancestry.
Man it's crazy - I've been doing as much learning as I can about world history and politics over the last 3 years or so since I've had a job where I can wear headphones-
Every time I come across a political figure I need to learn about you have a video about then xD
I appreciate all of your work - I sub to at least a couple of your channels.
A really good video. I learned a lot. It's really amazing how Deng was able to play the political game in China as it changed throughout his life, and he had a really long, successful career that spanned most of the 20th century. The income of the people in China has to have tripled or more in his life. The US needs a leader like that. His story shows the lengths he was willing to go to in order to personally survive, and bring his country to great heights in his lifetime, and beyond. He undoubtedly left China far better than he found it.
Gosh golly that dictator is so great!
@@ridgecrestwack9746 : Deng Xiaoping was better than Adolf Hitler, right?
@@michaelbrown3439 So was Kim jung un and I don't think we'll be seeing any fanboys gushing over him.. Yet.
@@ridgecrestwack9746 : Kim the murderer is just like Adolf Hitler .
@@michaelbrown3439 the fact that your bar for what makes a good leader is Adolf Hitler means you aren't willing to have a logical conversation with me.
We all know that nothing happened on 4th of June in 1989…
Not like West Taiwan drove out in tanks or anything
In my opinion, that really takes the shine off of Deng's legacy. He put China on the path towards liberalization, and then made sure it never completed the transformation to a Democracy.
And now lacking that, Xi Jinping is able to force his "Economic Thought" on the nation and could take them backwards.
The world has to keep its gob shut about June 89. Xi is getting stronger.
What is west Taiwan? Another myth like American Exceptionalism or something like that?
@@thecomment9489 the country known as PROC or China
I like the he also mentioned the anti rightist campaign, his involvement in the occupation of Tibet and his support for Mao. In fact, I think a lot of things are wrong with Deng and he is more of an opportunist than a visionary.
Happy new year to Simon and all subscribers !
When Deng took power in 1978, the GDP per capita of China ranked top 5 from the bottom, extremely poor. But today, we become the biggest competitor seen by the USA, this is incredible, we should always remember and implement the policies designed by Deng. Being quiet and always humble in the world.
Nice job with this one. You captured all of the key points in a balanced manner.
I stumbled into ur channel a few days ago while looking for Viktor Frankl. I have been binge watching ever since. No body says it better than an Englishman.
🏆🏅
He has like 14 excellent channels! Welcome to the family....you'll never have time for anything else again hahaha!
BEST CHANNEL ON UA-cam!!!! Love this Simon!,, keep em coming please
Hi Simon, can you please do a video on Norman Bethune? I think stories like his should be spread to more people as the world is tearing itself further and further apart. Thanks!
I'd like to see some biographies on some of the more obscure combloc leaders of the Cold War, such as Klement Gottwald, Gustav Husak, Alexander Dubcek, Nicolae Ceausescu, Erich Honecker and Janos Kadar.
Ah the Romanian dictator, yes that's a very interesting one.
Please don't forget to post more videos about
-Presocratic philosophers
-Thales of Miletus
-Anaximenes
-Anaximander
-Empedocles
-Parmenides
Heraclitus
-Anaxagoras
-Al Kindi
-Al Farabi
-Al Ghazali
Hi! It's me again! As always, I love all of your content, and as usual, I'm here to request a Biographic on Ip Man, the martial arts mentor to the late, great Bruce Lee! Thank you in advance and happy New Year!
-A Loyal Subscriber
The Chinese are grateful to Deng Xiaoping, a great man who turned China from a third world country into the second largest economy in the middle class, and successfully recaptured Hong Kong and Macau, bringing China a big step closer to reunification.
@@devizesolstice4617 the point system is also used in the western system.
But you could always pretend they don't exist and celebrate how much better it is.
And we f--kn hate your leader pooh who is the modern tojo
$.50 army alert
@@devizesolstice4617 Freedom without a strong economy is overrated.
Let me ask you this, how much freedom do you really think a homeless person on the street of LA has?
HappyNewYear Simon
An episode about Bobby Fischer next would be great! Keep up the great work.
Hey, Simon, Thank You for making this video, as I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time. Also, I was curious if you would you kindly make a video on Warographics or Into The Shadows covering the Thirty Years Wars, the reasons that led to the conflict (Notably, its Hussite precursor), and the massive levels of cruelty that were before unseen in the conflict. It could also be done in a general overview style on Biographics or Geographics as the crisis of the 17th century (I think the 1600s is the 17th based 0-100 being century 1, but I could be wrong). But hey, my man, stay healthy, and I hope your future, and for those of us, will be as we hope and wish for ourselves and for those we love and care for; cheers!!!
And through your post I learn of Simon's 14th channel... TWO CHANNELS I learn about this week... This and Decoding The Unknown.
Finally, as a Dengist I have been looking forward to this vid for a long time and you did a great job on representing both the good and bad sides of his teaching. Major kudos!
more like dingus
@@aWILDsomethingCAME haha gottem
Great video but I couldn’t resist 😂
Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén,
Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng; Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén,
Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng; Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén,
Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng;
We just now need his pixelated head…
If it's possible it would be neat to see one made about general belisarius.
God weekend og godt nytår
Can you do a biographic on some Irish revolutionary figures or perhaps Thomas Francis magher he was a young revolutionary exiled to Australia before escaping and informing the warden by note that he was doing it went to America fought as a commander for the union during the civil war before becoming a governor before disappearing on the missisipi River never to be seen again also he was the first to fly the Irish tricolour
Finally, the Speer biography I have been waiting for
Deng is actually a very capable leader . It is thanks to him that China conducted market reform and rescued from the craziness of Maoism and Maoist followers.
I don’t like the CCP - or Communism at all but I love Deng and his rule. He wasn’t a Communists in real practice, he was above all a utilitarian pragmatist and realist. Whatever that works - end justify means.
Well the downside is that he instigated the Tiananmen massacre. Though I get him why he stopped China from fully democracizing--he wanted Economic reforms first and maybe talk about political reforms later (I heard that China was about to take the Hong Kong route of reforms and opening), but the reversal and tightening happened with Xi Jinping took seat.
@@oiawoo9168 Do you know that amongst (some) of the Protestors were actually neo Maoist who wanted another to emulate another Cultural Revolution?
A rational modern Democracy, with a market economy, Civil Society and rule of law comes from gradual evolution with - not passionate revolutions based on mindless idealisms,
@@oiawoo9168 As a matter of fact, he didn’t instigate the use of lethal force. He gave the orders to use troops in order to restore public order, the order to fire was from Premier Li Peng.
@@oiawoo9168 I think deng itself don't want to radical move to democracy like what happen with early russia federation during yeltsin era
Tiananmen wasn’t a black and white event that you think it was. Even the student bodies have differing views and demands. But the core of it was an intra-party struggle between the conservative (Li Peng) and the reformist (Zhao Ziyang), both trying to win the mind of one audience - Deng Xiaoping. In the end, Zhao Ziyang fell out of power, but was not replaced by Li Peng. Deng actually chose another semi-reformer Jiang Zemin.
I’m basing this from the book Tiananmen Papers. Allegedly it is a compliation of party documents from the time, but interesting assuming they are genuine.
Simon, these vids are all good. I go from one to the next, too often hitting the thumbs up, but I’ll try to remember to do so, honest!
Deng Xiaoping is a great example of why some of the most effective leaders are the who make mistakes, but learn from them. He was very clearly an ardent socialist, and later Maoist. So had he not both witnessed the many failures of Maoism (some of which he personally orchestrated), and had his faith and service to the CCP rewarded with betrayal, who's to say he would've so thoroughly rejected communism when his turn came? His experience with the poor planning and turmoil of Mao's regime also clearly shaped his economic reform strategy; he didn't just handpick a successor who he thought he could trust with the plan, but ruled by proxy to ensure Jiang Zemin wouldn't deviate from it. The fact China has essentially returned to Maoism for the last decade, yet still hasn't undone most of what Deng achieved, is proof that his methods worked.
Happy New Years and thank you for these videos. They really are captivating.
"The Revolution is so that people can live, not so that they can die!"
- Lu Xun
@@shemyaza8934 that’s socialism for you
Biographic on Lu Xun anybody?
Simon I must say I admire the content and structure of your documentaries. A happy New year to everyone
it should be Deng's face you see in China. Not Mao's.
I hope so
actually ，we can see deng‘s face as frequent as mao
Well researched, and well presented. Just subscribed. I grew up during Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and witnessed the transformation China went through on a day-to-dat basis brought about by Deng's 'Reform and Opening-up' policy.
What was it like?
@@williammorahan4907 Madness...but if you grew up in the environment, you won't know any better.
@@jianxiong69 Then…how do you know the difference?
Happy New Year!
Love or hate him .His works are the living proof of what we see today.just hope the present leader understands how easy it is to push your country into chaos .if you are not wise with your aspersions.
Xi is nowhere near that wise or humble. He’s a power hungry tyrant only interested in his own ambitions
@@ZeroResurrected " The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves "
-Deng Xiaoping.
@@meocean5499 Oh, wow. Politicians lying! Say it ain’t so!
@@ZeroResurrected Why are you acting like it’s normal in any democratic country for politicians to lie without consequences?
@@thesovietunionroblox5798 Because it is. In every country. But they lie, abuse their power and oppress their people a Hell of a lot more in communist countries. Communism is a virus that robs people of everything that makes them human
HAPPY NEW YEAR FACT BOY AND TEAM
Finally I've been waiting for this
Simon you are all I need in UA-cam
You and kerbal videos
We NEED more videos on Irish leaders!!! Padraig Pearse, Michael Collins, De Valera (maybe), even Bobby Sands!
What a fantastic teacher you are, energy, passion for the subject, UA-cam is an incredible medium for education - a great leveler
Deng Xiaoping was a great leader who participated in the Long March as one of the generals of the Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, he held an important position in the Communist Party. Commanded the People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang in many decisive battles. After liberation, Deng Xiaoping saved China's economic and political collapse many times. Many people may criticize him, but he is really a great figure in the history of modern human development.
I never thought Binging with Babish had a second YT channel.
Without Mao's military unification of China and without the organizational structure of a Leninist party-state (with branches in every village from the tropical jungles of Yunnan to the Turkic bazaars of Xinjiang, always ready to mobilize) there couldn't be Deng's consolidation and development. There's more continuity than change from Mao to Deng. Here's how DENG HIMSELF described his policy to famous Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci in August 1980:
"Let's start with pointing out that, in the final analysis, the principle of our national construction is the same which was formulated by Chairman Mao. While taking international assistance, we'll mainly rely on our own efforts. That is, no matter how we will open to the West, no matter how we will use the foreign captial, and whatever the proportion of the private investment will be, this will cover only a small percentage of the Chinese ecomony. It will by no means affect the socialist public ownership of the means of production. Even the fact that foreigners might build factories in China will play only a complementary role. A subsidary role."
Simons the man haha . Spittin pearls of wisdom and clever lyrics !
Because of Deng, from reading about him and watching this video, China is really not a communist country, I've heard some people call it State Capitalism and i have to agree to a certain point, they still call it communism, retain all the communist propaganda, imagery, and symbolism but thats merely it with a few other exceptions I'm sure
All countries are mixed economies. Saying X or Y is capitalist or communist is just a too simplistic view that many people take cause they prefer simple answers.
Think its more correct to say they are philosophically communist. The system itself is open market economy with no national elections, one party rule
This is communism's use of capital to realize the communist ideal。
I would call it state capitalism in a Communist disguise. In practice, everything they do is opposed to communism. Those communist symbols, etc, have nothing to do with communism, but everything to do with the Party's power. It's about consolidating the Party's power, which in turn ensures the smooth operation of China's capitalist economy.,
Thank you Simon. Somehow, I was waiting for this video. Good job there.
Ronald Reagan Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again.
Bill Clinton Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again
Donald Trump Campaign Slogan: Make America Great Again
Deng Xiaoping: Hold my beer as i make China great again!
Happy new year 🎆
Still hoping for Woodrow Wilson or Philippe Pétain.
I'll save you some time, Woodrow Wilson is one of the worst President in this country ever had.
@@savagedarksider5934 of course he is but I feel not enough people see him with that title. That’s why I hope they cover him one day.
What few people know is before the "bloodbath" in 1989, PLA soldiers, plural, had been beaten to death, some had their guns taken, one of them was killed so brutally, that his belly was cut open, gut and colon hanging out, and his dead body and hanged on a bridge, all these done by "armless" protesters who "demanded for democracy", because the soldiers did not have the permission to open fire by then. What happens after, ironically, is known by almost everyone, and that's that with Deng's "blessing", the soldiers were given the permission to open fire, which caused hundreds of deaths(number depend on what source you read).
You missed the point of this channel where statements are not made on circumstantial evidence and neutrality is respected. Please respect that or look elsewhere for content more closely aligned with your own interests.
@@H2OSoarin I don't think my comment suggested that any of the statements in this video are made on circumstantial evidence. My comment was intended to add another perspective which I hope would contribute to neutrality.
India got independence from Britain in 1947 and China became independent state in 1949 but China's GDP is now 5 times bigger than India.
Perks of Democracy 😂
And India in 1947 was a lot more industrialized than China in 1949...
Simple facts without serious history gives simplistic misleading impressions. The Brits ruled ruthlessly for 300 years of the British Raj which included Burma (the largest tribe) and caused five famines in India. China’s revolution took decades from Sun Yatsen’s Xinhai overthrow of the Qing Manchu dynasties in 1911 followed by 38 more years of foreign occupation by Western and Japanese forces and civil war. Do some homework and don’t look for simple answers.
“You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.” Maximilien Robespierre
Deng aligning with Mao is what us modern people might call a pro gamer move
I always see Deng and mao as two types of leaders . Mao was the father of China , abusive and zealous , and deng was founder of China , pragmatic and wise. But both authoritarian. Different sides on the same coin
I see Mao more as a failure, but thats just me. In order to be father you have to make something work to begin with. Deng was simply using what worked, so if anything he should have a poster on the wall
You simply can't compare Mao to Deng. Deng was your typical pragmatic statesman who focused on "Chinese interests", while Mao was a visionary and a radical who wanted to change the world. Mao was not "authoritarian", he could switch from brutal iron-fist to supporting anarchistic uprisings against his own government. He did whatever he did in order to facilitate revolutionary changes, and could be brutal at that. Deng was not a revolutionary. He was always a state manager concerned with managing, guess what, the State.
I'm sure everyone is asking for a Betty White biographics. I'm not sure if you've already done it but I'm sure you'd get record views.
Whats so good and apecial about her??
What did she do
@@Jason.cbr1000rr It’s Betty *Damn* White man.
Show some respect?
Hi biographies, I have a question, I know there’s a history channel called history matters and he like never has ads on his UA-cam channel because he says if I’m not actually going to use it, I won’t bother putting it in my video, I’ve been wondering the same for you? I see your ads and I actually really love how you do your ads and yea, for like the watches or sqaure space or whatever, do you actually use the ads or just show the ads? Won’t matter either way because I love this channel and all the videos and happy new yesrs
Deng Xiao Ping is top of my list as the most influential leader at the end of 20th century.... second on the list will be the late Lee Kwan Yew (ex-PM of Singapore).
Boris Yeltsin, Ronald Reagan and Ayatollah Khomeini would probably be the others on that list
Ever consider doing one on musician Andrew Wood? The Seattle legend who died from heroin overdose before his bands only lp, and the band morphed into one of the biggest rock bands ever..
Many of his economic reforms were actually carried out by Zhao Ziyang
Let's go, thanks for planting those trees Deng 👍
Do one on Whinnie the Pooh next.
He's not dead yet, so you might have to wait a bit 😅
Thank you for all your amazing videos Simon!I learn something new about history and it's most important people thanks to your videos!👏👏👏👏I love your channel
Please can you do the engineer Thomas Telford. He preceded Brunel but probably outdid him.
Woof! Time for a trim Simon
Mao's body was cement into a coffin in Beijing, just like Lenin. However, Deng's ashes was spread into the sea, accroding to his will. True hero will be remembered by people's heart.
Wow, finally a Biographics episode featuring that guy from Hong Kong 97!
Just kidding, as a Romanian I would be the first to watch a future episode about Ceaușescu
Crazy thing is, what Deng did was basically capitalism. Gets called a capitalist and is ousted by the party. Implements capitalism and now China has the 2nd largest economy in the world.
State capitalism working towards socialism very different from the so say Western Capitalism
@@jameshazelwood9433 Capitalism lite if you will.
@@kennandunn7533 Socialism lite maybe its very different from liberalisms version of how to run a society that is for sure
More like Capitalism: New Game +.
@@Reiylan Ideology sucks. Do what works.
"Being rich is glorious."
~ Deng Xiaoping ~
Is that an actual quote? 🤨
EDIT - 21 minutes later; 21:55 watch the whole video before you comment.😐😅🫥
(Still a miss quote).
@@williammorahan4907 yes 致富光荣
This man is having a famous saying”不管黑猫白猫，会捉老鼠就是好猫” be it a black cat or a white cat, it’s a good cat as long as it can catch mice.
What did he mean by that?
@@kingchad3379 He means all means are good as long as they lead to success
@@TheBulletPointOfASoldier Thanks
@@kingchad3379 🤝
Think you presented this well Simon.
Why can't westerners tell the history of another non-western country without a condescending tone?
Another great video, cheers Simon.
Would love to see a bio On John Madden RIP you are a legend
Great video. Please do a Biography of John McCain.
Deng decided to look toAdam Smith instead of Karl Marx. Even communists can learn.
This is incredibly captivating history, and it’s so brilliantly relayed in this video. Wow!
22:54 Simon's social credits score is now -100000000000000
Ugh stop with this. It’s not funny.
Fascinating, but I'm not gonna lie this was a hard one. I had a hard time keeping all those names straight.. Love this channel!