After Coming to Power, Deng Xiaoping

question 23

Multiple Choice

After coming to power, Deng Xiaoping

• A) concluded that ideological correctness was more important than economic progress.
• B) authorized democracy in China's cities but not in the countryside.
• C) believed that economic performance was more important than Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
• D) pursued a policy of diplomatic isolation from the West.
• E) told President Jimmy Carter that "We will bury you."

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