41 moments

1. Birth in Guang'an

   1904-08-22 · Guang'an District, Guang'an, Sichuan, China

   Deng Xiaoping was born in Guang'an District, Sichuan. Coordinates represent Guang'an city center.

2. Graduation from Chongqing School

   1919-01-01 · Chongqing, China

   Deng completed school in Chongqing before leaving China under the work-study program. Coordinates represent central Chongqing; the article does not identify the school site.

3. Arrival at Marseille

   1920-10-19 · Marseille, France

   Deng arrived in France with a group of Chinese work-study students. Coordinates represent Marseille harbor/city center.

4. Study and factory work in La Garenne-Colombes

   1921-04-01 · La Garenne-Colombes, Île-de-France, France

   Deng moved to the Paris suburb of La Garenne-Colombes and worked as a fitter while in France. Coordinates represent La Garenne-Colombes.

5. Employment at Hutchinson shoe factory

   1922-01-01 · Châlette-sur-Loing, Centre-Val de Loire, France

   Deng worked at the Hutchinson shoe factory during his French work-study years. Coordinates represent Châlette-sur-Loing.

6. Study at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University

   1926-01-01 · Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

   Deng traveled to the Soviet Union and studied at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University. Coordinates represent central Moscow; the university's historical site is not specified in the source.

7. Underground activity in Shanghai

   1927-01-01 · Shanghai, China

   Deng lived in Shanghai and helped organize protests during the Kuomintang repression of Communist activity. Evidence spans 1927-1929; card date marks the beginning of the documented residence.

8. Arrival in Xi'an

   1927-03-01 · Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

   Deng arrived at Feng Yuxiang's stronghold during his return to China. Coordinates represent central Xi'an.

9. Central Committee representative in Guangxi

   1929-01-01 · Baise, Guangxi, China

   Deng served as the Central Committee's chief representative in Guangxi during the Baise and Longzhou uprisings. Evidence supports presence in Guangxi from 1929 to 1931; coordinates represent Baise, one uprising center.

10. Arrival at the Jiangxi Soviet capital

    1931-08-01 · Ruijin, Jiangxi, China

    Deng went to Ruijin and became secretary of its Party Committee. Coordinates represent Ruijin.

11. Party work in Huichang

    1932-01-01 · Huichang, Jiangxi, China

    Deng took up the same Party position in the nearby Huichang district. The source gives winter 1932 without a month; coordinates represent Huichang County seat.

12. Residence in the Wutai Mountains

    1937-09-01 · Wutai Mountains, Shanxi, China

    During the opening months of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Deng lived in monasteries and temples in the Wutai Mountains. Coordinates are a representative point for the Wutai Mountains; individual monasteries are not identified.

13. Peace talks in Chongqing

    1945-01-01 · Chongqing, China

    After Japan's defeat, Deng traveled to Chongqing for Kuomintang–Communist peace talks. The source gives the year through the postwar context but no narrower date.

14. Southwest leadership in Chongqing

    1949-01-01 · Chongqing, China

    Following the Communist takeover, Deng became mayor of Chongqing and Communist Party leader in southwest China. The surrounding text places this appointment in late November 1949; the card uses year precision because the quoted sentence does not give a day.

15. Attends proclamation of the People's Republic

    1949-10-01 · Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

    Deng attended the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. Coordinates represent Tiananmen Square, the proclamation venue.

16. Three-year residence in Chongqing

    1950-01-01 · Chongqing, China

    Deng remained in Chongqing during the early years of the People's Republic before moving to Beijing. The source gives a three-year duration ending with his 1952 move to Beijing; this card is dated to a representative year within that residence.

17. Assumes central posts in Beijing

    1952-07-01 · Beijing, China

    Deng came to Beijing to take up senior central-government financial posts. Coordinates represent central Beijing.

18. Leads Chinese delegation meeting in Moscow

    1963-01-01 · Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

    Deng led a Chinese delegation's meeting with Nikita Khrushchev amid the Sino-Soviet split. Coordinates represent central Moscow; the meeting venue is not specified.

19. Exile labor at Xinjian County Tractor Factory

    1969-10-01 · Xinjian County Tractor Factory, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

    During the Cultural Revolution, Deng was sent to rural Jiangxi and worked as a factory laborer. Coordinates are an approximate representative point for former Xinjian County near Nanchang; the factory's exact historical coordinates are not established by the source.

20. Return from exile to Beijing

    1973-02-01 · Beijing, China

    Deng returned to Beijing from exile to work on reconstructing the Chinese economy. Coordinates represent central Beijing.

21. Meeting with Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore

    1978-11-01 · Singapore

    Deng visited Singapore and met Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, whose country's development impressed him. Coordinates represent central Singapore.

22. Visit to Bangkok

    1978-11-01 · Bangkok, Thailand

    Deng visited Bangkok during a Southeast Asian trip after China's political stabilization. Coordinates represent central Bangkok.

23. Visit to Kuala Lumpur

    1978-11-01 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Deng visited Kuala Lumpur during his November 1978 Southeast Asian journey. Coordinates represent central Kuala Lumpur.

24. Official visit to Washington

    1979-01-01 · White House, Washington, D.C., United States

    

    Deng undertook an official U.S. visit and met President Jimmy Carter in Washington. The source supports only early-1979 precision; coordinates represent the White House.

25. Visit to Boeing headquarters

    1979-01-01 · Seattle, Washington, United States

    During his U.S. visit, Deng visited Boeing headquarters in Seattle. Coordinates represent central Seattle because the source does not identify the historical headquarters building.

26. Visit to Coca-Cola headquarters

    1979-01-01 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    

    During his U.S. visit, Deng visited Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta. Coordinates represent central Atlanta because the source does not identify the historical headquarters building.

27. Visit to Johnson Space Center

    1979-01-01 · Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States

    During his U.S. tour, Deng visited NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The source supports year precision only.

28. Southern tour arrival at Wuchang Railway Station

    1992-01-18 · Wuchang Railway Station, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Deng began his 1992 southern tour with a stop at Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan.

29. Southern tour stop in Changsha

    1992-01-18 · Changsha Railway Station, Changsha, Hunan, China

    Deng's train made a brief stop at Changsha Railway Station, where he received a local report and discussed reform.

30. Arrival in Shenzhen on southern tour

    1992-01-19 · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    Deng arrived in Shenzhen, using the special economic zone as a prominent example for reform and opening up. Coordinates represent central Shenzhen.

31. Visit to Fairy Lake Botanical Garden

    1992-01-22 · Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    

    Deng visited the botanical garden with his family and planted a tree during the Shenzhen leg of his tour.

32. Departure for Zhuhai

    1992-01-23 · Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

    Deng traveled from Shenzhen to Zhuhai, another of the special economic zones central to his reform program. Coordinates represent central Zhuhai.

33. Southern tour stay in Zhuhai

    1992-01-29 · Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

    Deng concluded the Zhuhai leg of his southern tour after meeting military leaders and visiting technology companies. The surrounding text identifies the area as Zhuhai.

34. Arrival in Shanghai for Lunar New Year

    1992-01-31 · Shanghai, China

    Shanghai was the final principal stop of Deng's southern tour, where he spent the 1992 Chinese New Year. Coordinates represent central Shanghai.

35. Visit to Nanpu Bridge

    1992-02-07 · Nanpu Bridge, Shanghai, China

    Deng visited Shanghai's Nanpu Bridge during the Shanghai portion of his southern tour.

36. Cruise on the Huangpu River

    1992-02-08 · Huangpu River, Shanghai, China

    Deng toured the Huangpu River by cruise ship with Shanghai officials. Coordinates are a representative point on the Huangpu River in central Shanghai.

37. Lantern Festival on Nanjing Road

    1992-02-18 · Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China

    Deng spent the Lantern Festival night in Shanghai's Nanjing Road shopping district.

38. Departure from Shanghai completing southern tour

    1992-02-23 · Shanghai, China

    Deng left Shanghai for Beijing, completing the southern tour that reinforced his reform agenda. Coordinates represent central Shanghai.

39. Last public appearance

    1993-10-31 · Beijing, China

    Deng made his last public appearance while traveling by subway to visit places in Beijing. The source does not identify the subway stations or individual places visited.

40. Final trip to Shanghai

    1994-02-01 · Shanghai, China

    Deng made his final trip to Shanghai during Chinese New Year and met the city's senior party and municipal leaders. The source supports month precision only.

41. Death in Beijing

    1997-02-19 · Beijing, China

    Deng Xiaoping died in Beijing from a lung infection and Parkinson's disease. The article identifies Beijing as his place of death but not the medical facility.