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In launching his reform drive in China in the late 1970s, Deng Xiaoping borrowed an aphorism from Mao: “Practice is the sole criterion for testing the truth.” While this statement might not apply to all aspects of life, it framed a standard for how China would measure its social and economic progress — through pragmatism.
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