''Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads'' () is a 2014 TV biopic series based on the life of

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

. It was produced by

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."TV Biopic On Deng Xiaoping Stirs Controversy In China"
''China Digital Times'', Aug 20, 2014 "At the auspicious hour of 8:00 p.m. on August 8, Chinese Central Television aired the first episode of Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads. The 48-part drama, which took three years and 120 million RMB ($19.5 million) to produce, arrived two weeks in advance of Deng Xiaoping’s 110th birthday. Chinese state media are touting Deng Xiaoping as a groundbreaking look at the former "paramount leader," the architect of China’s reform and opening policy which transformed the country after the ravages of the Cultural Revolution."

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