Top 20 World Leader celebrities in China
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 World Leader celebrities [Updated December 7, 2021].
Jiang Zemin was born
on August 17, 1926
in Yangzhou, China.
President of China who succeeded Deng Xiaoping in 1993. He led China for ten years and notably oversaw the peaceful transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China.
He replaced Zhao Ziyang as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Deng Xiaoping was born
on August 22, 1904
in Guang'an, China.
Though he worked under him his economic policies were very different than Mao Zedong's and when the latter died he led his country towards a market economy.
Mao Tse Tung was born
on December 26, 1893
in Shaoshan, China.
In 1956, during his Hundred Flowers Campaign, he encouraged citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime but several months later he ordered the executions of hundreds of thousands of people who did just that.
Xi Jinping was born
on June 15, 1953
in Beijing, China.
After taking over the leadership of the country, he called for a renewed effort to stamp out corruption, and transparent governance.
Cy Leung was born
on August 12, 1954
in Hong Kong, China.
He was a 1999 recipient of Hong Kong's prestigious Gold Bauhinia Star.
Sun Yat-Sen was born
on November 12, 1866
in Zhongshan, China.
His political philosophy, known as the Three Principles of the People - nationalism, democracy, and livelihood - was strongly influenced by the American capitalist system.
Tung Chee-hwa was born
on July 7, 1937
in China.
In the first decade of the 21st Century, he founded the China-United States Exchange Foundation.
Yang Shangkun was born
on July 5, 1907
in Tongnan District, China.
He was involved in both the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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