Deng tries on a cowboy hat in Texas, 1979. Photo: AP
Opinion
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Forget Texas, China came out when Deng tipped his hat to Japan
- The West remembers Deng Xiaoping’s trip to the US in 1979, but it was his historic visit to Japan months earlier that really opened China’s eyes to modernisation
Deng tries on a cowboy hat in Texas, 1979. Photo: AP