Written by He Qinglian on June 18, 2012.
(Translated by kRiZcPEc).
The Chinese version of Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of
China, written by Ezra F.
Vogel, a professor at Harvard University, has recently been
available. Although there are already various versions of biographies
of Deng Xiaoping, including My father Deng Xiaoping by Deng
Rong “Maomao”, and hardly any breakthrough could be achieved in
terms of historical data, this book by Vogel is about a world class
great man, and the author is a renowned China scholar who was once
influential both in the politics and academic circles. These two
factors per se are sufficient to attract the eyeballs of readers.
In his recent interviews following the publication of the Chinese
version of his book, Mr. Vogel made comments about Deng Xiaoping and
gave a series of “if” that showed clearly how much he worshiped
Deng. The most controversial and the hardest not to disagree was his
defense for Deng Xiaoping's decision errors in squelching the
“June-4th” Tiananmen movement.