It was Mr Deng who decided in the early 1990s that only rapid growth, fuelled by the unfettering of the private sector, could save China from the fate of the Soviet block.

• 是邓小平在1990年代初，作出了经济要快速成展的决定，开放私有经济，增添发展能量，这样才能避免中国遭遇苏联般的瓶颈。