Deng Rong () is a Chinese politician and the third daughter of Paramount leader

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CCP ...

Early life

Deng is the youngest child of

and his third wife,

Zhuo Lin Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping, former Paramount leader of China. Biography Born Pu Qiongying () in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, she was the daughter of an industrialist who manufactured Yu ...

. She has two older sisters, Deng Lin and Deng Nan, as well as two older brothers,

Deng Pufang Deng Pufang () (born 16 April 1944) is the eldest son of former Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping.Pearson, Veronica. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 995(1995). RCPsych Publications. . pg 88 He is mostly known for being injured by the Red Guar ...

and Deng Zhifang. Deng stated in an interview in 2004 that her father never spoke of official business at home and that her siblings and herself had no idea what Deng Xiaoping did at work, even though several guards stood sentry in their courtyard home. In 2005, she was named in a book by Zhang Yihe as one of the perpetrators responsible for the killing of

Bian Zhongyun Bian Zhongyun (, 1916, Wuwei County, China – 5 August 1966, Beijing) was a deputy principal at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China. She was attracted to the Chinese Communist Party during ...

, the first victim of the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

. During one of the most severe flooding incidents in

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in August 1975,

Li Xiannian Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1983 to 1988 under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and t ...

called Deng Xiaoping to inform him that several dams had burst. Deng Rong answered the phone and refused to allow Li to speak with her father. In the first call, she said that Deng Xiaoping was sleeping; on the second call, she hung up. The paramount leader was allegedly playing Mahjong at the time. This was one of the reasons Deng Xiaoping was criticized for delaying rescue operations.

Career

When the People's Republic of China and United States established diplomatic relations in 1979, Deng was sent by her father to the Chinese Embassy in the US. She worked there for two years. From 1984 to 1990, Deng held the official position of Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the General Office of the

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. She also served as Deng Xiaoping's confidential secretary from early 1989. Since 1990, she has served as the vice president of the

China Association for International Friendly Contact The China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) is a United Front organization subordinate to the Liaison Bureau of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission. CAIFC was founded in 1984 and is active in ov ...

Writing

Deng published a book titled ''Deng Xiaoping: My Father'' (). She has also given interviews revealing details of

's personal life and personality.

Awards

Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

(

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, 2005) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

(

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, 1999)

References

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