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        From revolutionary to builder to reformer, 1904-1969 -- Banishment and return, 1969-1974 -- Bringing order under Mao, 1974-1975 -- Looking forward under Mao, 1975 -- Sidelined as the Mao era ends, 1976 -- Return under Hua, 1977-1978 -- Three turning points, 1978 -- Setting the limits of freedom, 1978-1979 -- The Soviet-Vietnamese threat, 1978-1979 -- Opening to Japan, 1978 -- Opening to the United States, 1978-1979 -- Launching the Deng administration, 1979-1980 -- Deng's art of governing -- Exp |