Deng XiaopingDeng Xiaoping (1904-1997) presided over the second generation of leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. Having led China out of the Cultural Revolution, he was twice selected as Time Magazine's "Person of the Year." At the time of his death, UN Secrtary-General Kofi Annan said Deng was to be remembered "in the international community at large as a primary architect of China's modernization and dramatic economic development. Read More Read Less