The "NEW CHINA" Reaches Out - Gene H Hogberg - April 1984

Gene H Hogberg

While the world has been in the throes of a startling upsurge of terrorism in the past five years, a revolution of an entirely different kind has been under way in the world's most populous nation. Little appreciated by the outside world, a remarkable social and economic transformation has been under way in the People's Republic of China since 1979. The implementation of a comprehensive policy of economic reform, coupled with a long period of domestic tranquility, has meant a rapid increase in prosperity for the more than 1,000,000,000 people of China. It has also engendered a wide- spread feeling of public confidence in the future. The amazing turnabout is largely attributed to two individuals: Deng Xiaoping, the country's top leader since late 1978, and Zhao Ziyang, Premier since 1980. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library