Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Trivia

Xinhua reported that "Zhang Haidi on Thursday was elected as new chairwoman of the China Disabled Persons Federation (CDPF) at the organization's fifth national congress.

"She replaced Deng Pufang, who has in the past decade led the organization that represents nearly 83 million disabled people in China..."

New chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) Zhang Haidi (R) and her predecessor Deng Pufang attend the closing ceremony of the fifth national congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) in Beijing.

The trivia?

Deng Pufang is the son of Deng Xiaoping.

In 1968, some Red Guards at Beijing University were "confronting" the son of the "confessed" capitalist roader and Deng Pufang fell or was pushed out of a third story window. He's been a paraplegic since.

Deng Pufang and the CDPF oversaw the Summer Paralympics recently in Beijing.

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