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A memorial stone praising the spirit of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping sits on February 25, 1997 in front of his ancestral home in the village of Paifang. Deng Xiaoping died on February 19, 1997 aged 92.

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People pass under a giant monitor showing Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Shenzhen, one of China's special economic zones, on the day of the funeral of patriarch Deng Xiaoping on February 25, 1997. Jiang Zemin was chosen by Deng Xiaoping to be his successor after then premier Zhao...

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Photo dated 19 December 1984 showing senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (L) meeting the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Beijing. The joint Sino-British declaration sealing Hong Kong's future was signed in 1984.

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Villagers hold portraits of former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong (L-R), Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Chinese President Hu Jintao during a parade as a part of Chenghuang Cultural Festival in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, February 2, 2012. Picture taken February 2, 2012.

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Two men takes photos in front of a giant poster of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the man who led China towards a market economy, in Shenzhen, located in the southern province of Guangdong on November 29, 2011. Thousands of workers in factories in Guangdong have gone on strike in...

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A man uses his mobile phone in front of a giant poster of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the man who led China towards a market economy, in Shenzhen, located in the southern province of Guangdong on November 29, 2011. Thousands of workers in factories in Guangdong have gone on...

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A resident stands at the gate of the town's coal mine, a mosaic showing the three men who dominated Chinese communism over the past half century -- Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin in Xiaoqinghe, a small market town in Shanxi province, 27 November 2006. Coal may be Shanxi's...

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A mother (C) shows her child pictures of former communist party leaders Mao Zedong (top L) and Deng Xiaoping (top R) in Ditan Park in Beijing as part of celebrations for the July 1 Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary on June 28, 2011. China's ruling Communist Party topped 80...

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An elderly man walks past pictures of former communist party leaders (L to R) Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and current president Hu Jintao in Ditan Park in Beijing as part of celebrations for the July 1 Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary on June 28, 2011. China's...

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This photo taken on June 23, 2011 shows a group of Chinese young pioneers of the Communist Youth League which come under the Communist Party of China, walking past a large billboard of (L-R) Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and current President Hu Jintao as they take part in a...

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General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev (L) shakes hands with Chinese senior leader Deng Xiaoping 16 May 1989 in Beijing prior to the Sino-Soviet top-level meeting at the Great Hall of the People, ending 30 years of estrangement between the two mighty...

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A security guard stands next to pictures of China's former President Jiang Zemin (R) and late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping at an exhibition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing July 7, 2011. Chinese state media denied...

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A Chinese man cycles past portraits of Chinese communist leaders from right Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin and Deng Xiaoping displayed at an exhibition to mark the Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary on July 1 at a park in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 28, 2011.

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A Chinese man stands in front of pictures of Chinese communist leaders, from right, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong during an exhibition to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, at a park in Beijing, China,...

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People pose for photographs with impersonators of China's former leaders (from 4th R to L) Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong and Zhu De before a performance at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, June 11, 2011. Participants from the...

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Impersonators of China's former leaders (from R to L) Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De, chat as they sit on chairs outside a conference hall before a performance at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, June 11, 2011. ...

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attends the centenary ceremony of the University of Hong Kong in this August 18, 2011 file photo. More than any other Chinese party leader until now, Li was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the following decade of reform under Deng...

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China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang raises a glass of whisky before attending a state dinner at Edinburgh castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, in this January 9, 2011 file photo. More than any other Chinese party leader until now, Li was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the...

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang makes a toast during a welcoming dinner at a hotel in Hong Kong in this August 17, 2011 file photo. More than any other Chinese party leader until now, Li was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the following decade of reform under Deng...

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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attends the National Assembly in Seoul in this October 27, 2011 file photo. More than any other Chinese party leader until now, Li was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the following decade of reform under Deng Xiaoping, which ended in...

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A painter works on an oil painting next to a portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong in his studio selling the portraits of U.S. President Barack Obama (bottom L), China's President Hu Jintao (top C) and late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (top R), at Dafen Oil Painting Village in...

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A man looks out from a window next to a portrait of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping wearing military uniform in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 24, 2011.

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Deng Pufang, son of former Chinese's leader Deng Xiaoping, is pushed in his wheelchair past Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as they attend the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People,...

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A model presents a Chinese tunic suit creation for the Hongdu Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 26, 2011. The Hongdu group company has been making Chinese tunic suits, named "Sun Yat-sen's uniform" after the late revolutionary leader, for top Chinese politicians...

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A model presents a Chinese tunic suit creation for the Hongdu Collection in front a screen showing China's President Hu Jintao wearing it on the 60th National Day in 2009, during China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 26, 2011. The Hongdu group company has been making Chinese tunic suits,...