Cat theory (Deng Xiaoping) (English Wikipedia)

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Zhao, Suisheng (1993). "Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour: Elite Politics in Post-Tiananmen China". Asian Survey. 33 (8): 739–756. doi:10.2307/2645086. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645086. Deng, however, sponsored the 'cat theory,' namely, that 'a cat, whether it is white or black, is good as long as it is able to catch mice.'
Zhang, Xiaodan; Yan, Wenjia (June 2022). "Forty-Years of the Modernization of Chinese Socialist Legality: Strategy, Lacuna, and Outlook". German Law Journal. 23 (5): 691–712. doi:10.1017/glj.2022.43.

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"邓小平：我是刘少奇之后'第二号'" [Deng Xiaoping: I was the "No.2" after Liu Shaoqi]. Phoenix New Media (in Chinese). 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"邓小平爱读《聊斋志异》 "猫论"源于蒲松龄点评". Phoenix New Media. China News Agency. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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Zhao, Suisheng (1993). "Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour: Elite Politics in Post-Tiananmen China". Asian Survey. 33 (8): 739–756. doi:10.2307/2645086. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645086. Deng, however, sponsored the 'cat theory,' namely, that 'a cat, whether it is white or black, is good as long as it is able to catch mice.'

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Bao, Tong (3 June 2015). "How Deng Xiaoping Helped Create a Corrupt China". The New York Times.

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MacFarquhar, Roderick (October 1997). "7 The Seven Thousand Cadres Conference". The Origins of the Cultural Revolution: Volume 3: The Coming of the Cataclysm 1961–1966. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231110839.

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"邓小平：社会主义为什么不可以搞市场经济，这个不能说是资本主义" [Deng Xiaoping: why can't socialism have market economy? This is not capitalism]. People's Net (in Chinese). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"邓小平同志"黑猫白猫论"背后的故事" [Behind-the-scene stories of comrade Deng Xiaoping's cat theory]. People's Net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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"Prof. HUANG Yiping: History and Direction of China's Economic Policies". Peking University. 29 November 2021.

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Ruwitch, John (9 August 2007). "China now tries to tame Deng's black and white cats". Reuters.

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"The inside story of the propaganda fightback for Deng's reforms". South China Morning Post. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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"邓小平白猫黑猫论开启30年飞速发展" [Deng Xiaoping's cat theory gave rise to 30 years' fast development]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). Economic Daily. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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"The great pragmatist: Deng Xiaoping". The Guardian. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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Church, George J. (6 January 1986). "China: Old Wounds Deng Xiaoping". Time. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
Barron, Laignee (4 June 2019). "How the Tiananmen Square Massacre Changed China Forever". TIME. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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"邓小平同志"黑猫白猫论"背后的故事" [Behind-the-scene stories of comrade Deng Xiaoping's cat theory]. People's Net (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
Xu, Renjun. "邓子恢和六十年代的包产到户试验". Yanhuang Chunqiu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020.
"邓小平白猫黑猫论开启30年飞速发展" [Deng Xiaoping's cat theory gave rise to 30 years' fast development]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). Economic Daily. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"邓小平：我是刘少奇之后'第二号'" [Deng Xiaoping: I was the "No.2" after Liu Shaoqi]. Phoenix New Media (in Chinese). 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"The inside story of the propaganda fightback for Deng's reforms". South China Morning Post. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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Jian, Chen (November 2019). "From Mao to Deng: China's Changing Relations with the United States". Wilson Center. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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Zhao, Suisheng (1993). "Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour: Elite Politics in Post-Tiananmen China". Asian Survey. 33 (8): 739–756. doi:10.2307/2645086. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645086. Deng, however, sponsored the 'cat theory,' namely, that 'a cat, whether it is white or black, is good as long as it is able to catch mice.'

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Xu, Renjun. "邓子恢和六十年代的包产到户试验". Yanhuang Chunqiu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020.

Cat theory (Deng Xiaoping) (English Wikipedia)

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