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Source/Further reading:
Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deng-Xiaoping
NYTimes, obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/20/world/deng-xiaoping-a-political-wizard-who-put-china-on-the-capitalist-road.html
Contemporary LA Times report on Deng’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-20-mn-30643-story.html
Literary Review, Deng’s dark side: https://literaryreview.co.uk/number-two-capitalist-roader
On Deng’s reforms: https://theconversation.com/to-get-rich-is-glorious-how-deng-xiaoping-set-china-on-a-path-to-rule-the-world-156836
More on reforms: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/40-years-of-reform-that-transformed-china-into-a-superpower/10573468
China’s reforms in charts: https://qz.com/1498654/the-astonishing-impact-of-chinas-1978-reforms-in-charts/
Tiananmen Square Massacre: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-protest-tiananmen-square-turned-into-massacre
BBC on the massacre: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48445934
Radio Free Asia, the anti-rightist campaign: https://www.rfa.org/english/china/china_antirightist-20070619.html
China then and now photos: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/10/china-pearl-river-delta-then-and-now-photographs