Deng Pufang (simplified Chinese: 邓朴方; traditional Chinese: 鄧樸方; pinyin: Dèng Pǔfāng) (born 16 April 1944) is the first son of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin. He is considered a member of the Crown Prince Party. Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deng Xiaoping   (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). ... Zhuo Lin (卓琳) (Wade-Giles: Chuo Lin or Cho Lin) was the third wife of Deng Xiaoping. ... Crown Prince Party (太子党 Pinyin: Tàizǐ DÇŽng), or The Princelings, are the descendants (usually in the second-generation) of prominent and influential senior communists of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Biography

During the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and his family were targeted by Mao Zedong; Mao's Red Guards imprisoned Deng Pufang. He was tortured and forced out of the window of a four-story building, becoming a paraplegic. With regard to his views on the Cultural Revolution, Deng Pufang once said, "The generation of the Cultural Revolution is in no sense a lost generation, as is often said. Quite to the contrary. All those who passed through that testing have been toughened. These people think a great deal, and have their own ideas. They are firm in their convictions, and show initiative. To my way of thinking this generation represents a trump card for China and for the reforms which they have set in motion" ^[1] This article is about the Peoples Republic of China. ... Mao redirects here. ... Cover of the Little Red Book containing the doctrines of the Red Guards In the Peoples Republic of China, Red Guards (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) were a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution, between... Paraplegia is a condition where the lower half of a patients body is paralyzed and cannot move. ... initiative, see Initiative (disambiguation). ... In card games, trumps frequently figure in trick-taking games such as bridge, euchre, and spades. ...

Deng Pufang is currently the chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, which he helped found in 1988. He was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize in December 2003 for his work in protecting the rights of disabled people in China. The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by a General Assembly resolution in 1966. ... The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ...

The International Paralympic Committee awarded Deng the "Paralympic Order" during their November 2005 meeting in Beijing.[1] This is the first year the award was offered to one recipient only; in the past, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is an international non-profit organisation of elite sports for athletes with disabilities. ... Peking redirects here. ...

Notes

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External links

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