Deng visited Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen, signaling political backing for the SEZ experiments. The visits helped make the coast a showcase for reform and foreign investment; the image of successful...
Deng’s tour of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Guangzhou and Shanghai challenged the post-1989 pause and urged faster reform. His remarks reframed markets and planning as tools rather than ideological opposites....
