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"Hello Xiaoping" in 1984

By mollyshan (  bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-10-27 15:11

1984 was a pinnacle year of Deng Xiaoping's reform. Everything was going well and the future looked extremely promising in China.

It was during the 1984 National Day's parade that a group of young students from Peking University unfurled a banner greeting the top leader of the country: "Hello Xiaoping".

Caught by surprise, Deng Xiaoping smiled and waved from the review stand atop the Tiananmen Gate.