maybe the key moment was deng xiaoping declaring that china was going to embrace capitalism and thatolitical authority of the communist party. maybe that... when we look at the span of the next 100 years, that will be much more important. well, i would buy a book about that. and you're right. i mean, in fact, the tiananmen square incident in july 1989 happened...was almost synchronous with the berlin wall coming down and the collapse of the soviet union sent shock waves through the communist party in china. and even now xijinping is, i wouldn't say obsessive, but studies very carefully about how the soviet union had failed to adapt and how it failed to respond to the crisis in ‘89. and there's no doubt that the modern trajectory of china from deng xiaoping onwards has been very heavily influenced by seeing what happens when there's a lack of control, lack of anticipation and trying to work out how to respond in advance, so i think that these are...these are very closely connected topics. well, they are. and i take your point that your specialism isn't china, but nonetheless, you've w

comrade deng xiaoping indicated clearly that special zones would be the better name.tral committee could offer some policies, and people from these areas would be free to choose what to do to blaze a new trail. 1979, the central committee and the state council provinces to be forerunners by adopting special measuresand flexible and piloting special export zones. in 1980, our party and country approved the establishment of zones. thepril 19 80's -- 1988, party and country approved establishment of a special economic zone. pointing out that special economic zones should serve as important windows and examples of china's reform opening up and socialist modernization plans. for a long time, under the strong leadership of the central committee, with support from throughout the country, the special economic zone has reformated the mind for and innovation, fulfilled the haveon, and these pioneers written a splendid chapter in the construction of socialism with chinese characteristics. made important ,ontributions to other reforms opening up, and socialist modernization drive