Ideological leader
Mao
More Philosophical
Communist economic policy
Great control over people
throughout the implementation
of communes with work
requirements that were not
realistic
Great leap forward
Iron bowl
Low international profile
Regretted not standing up to
Mao during the Great Leap
Forward
Deng
Economic liberalization
Chinese leaders
Less ideological pertaining to
government decisions
Worked to create more realistic
goals for China
Believed china needed to
become invested within the
international community for
Economic growth
More practical
Less discrete international
profile
Surveillance systems
Xi
High control over population
Minder programs
Uighur muslim minority house
programs where government
representatives live with the
citizens to ensure they maintain
Chinese culture
restricting internet usage/
availability
International trade
Wanted to double steel
production