"TV Biopic On Deng Xiaoping Stirs Controversy In China". China Digital Times, Aug 20, 2014 "At the auspicious hour of 8:00 p.m. on August 8, Chinese Central Television aired the first episode of Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads. The 48-part drama, which took three years and 120 million RMB ($19.5 million) to produce, arrived two weeks in advance of Deng Xiaoping’s 110th birthday. Chinese state media are touting Deng Xiaoping as a groundbreaking look at the former "paramount leader," the architect of China’s reform and opening policy which transformed the country after the ravages of the Cultural Revolution."
