He studied in Guang’an until he was fourteen (1919). He also took French classes together with his uncle Deng Shaoshend, who was three years older. It is unknown why the two of them opted for an international instruction. They then traveled to France by boat that took them to Marseille.
During his stay in that country, he worked in several cities to survive. It was then that he met Zhou Enlai and other Chinese, who were making contact with the Chinese communist movement. In 1922 he joined such a group in Europe. And later he formed the Communist Party of China.
In 1926 he moved to Moscow, where he spent eleven months studying jointly with other Chinese Communists, initially at the Communist University of Eastern Workers, and then in the Sun Yat-sen University, which was intended for the Orientals. Having the opportunity to analyze the clauses of Marxism-Leninism. Together with other students like Ching ching-kuo.
When he was older and under his mandate the People’s Republic of China, transformed the liberalization economy of communism, resulting in that country achieve excel in its economic growth. However, Deng was a dictator and his role was very important in subduing the Tian’anmen Square protests (1989).
He was a member of the Communist Party of China, even when he was studying in France and the Soviet Union. However, his approach with the president of that time, Liu Shaoqi, made it an objective of the Cultural Revolution, which was a movement based on the ideas of Mao. It was then that Deng and Liu were charged with defending the right wing and the counterrevolution.
After Mao passed away, Deng isolated himself from power in those days of the ideological movement. It was then that it happened Hua guofeng in their confrontation for command. However, Deng did not foster the cult of personality around himself, and his public roles were measured.
Already in his later years, he was not in charge of any position in politics. In addition to suffered from Parkinson’s, so he could not perform in public life. However, he remained an icon of the Chinese people until his last day of life. Dying on February 19, 1997.