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|Analyse a political leader's foreign policy initiative that has had a significant impact internationally.

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|State your key points/arguments for your Forum Paper here. |
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|1. The former situation under Mao Zedong’s governance |
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|2. Deng Xiaoping and its ‘open-door policy’ |
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|3. Some examples of consequences |

Political leaders have a specific role in the making of foreign policy. They can even be key success factor for it depending on their motivations and personality. Deng Xiaoping is well known as a political leader who initiated the ‘open-door policy’ for Chinese economy since the late 70’s, which was a real revolution for the country. In this paper, I will discuss how this change from a close communist state to an open economy had important consequences for China, its economy in particular and the rest of the world.

The political leader Mao Zedong has been elected by the Time as one of the most important people of last