Deng’s historical life has been adapted into a tv series and a film

One of the interesting facts about Deng Xiaoping is that his historical life has been adapted into TV series and movies. On August 8, 2014, the 110th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birth, the first episode of "Deng Xiaoping at the Crossroads of History" was aired on Chinese television. This biographical series honors the life of the Chinese architect whose innovations contributed to the economic transformation of the nation. There are 48 episodes in the series, which is thought to have cost roughly 120 million yuan ($18 million). A biographical movie focusing on Deng Xiaoping's rise to power in 1976 was also released in 2002.

The 48-episode series' plot covers the years from October 1976 to 1984, just after China completed its ten-year "Great Cultural Revolution" movement. At this time, the Chinese Communist Party was re-planning the course of development by gradually shifting toward a market economy, and Deng cannot be ignored in this process. The movie also includes a portrait of the adversary from that era at the same time. As Mao Zedong's chosen successor, Hoa Quoc Phong was once praised with the phrase "Long live President Hoa Quoc Phong," which brought an end to 33 years of his name totally disappearing from Chinese media and political life.