“China’s foreign policy can be summed up in two sentences. First, to safeguard world peace we oppose hegemony. Second, China will always belong to the Third World. It belongs to the Third World today, and it will do so even when it becomes prosperous and powerful, because it shares a common destiny with all Third World countries. China will never seek hegemony or bully others, but will always side with the Third World.”

“In carrying out the reform, opening to the outside world and invigorating the domestic economy, we are keeping to the socialist road. It is the task of socialism to develop the productive forces, build up the strength of the socialist state and gradually raise the people’s living standards, thus laying the foundation for the realization of communism in the future.

For a very long time we neglected the need to develop the productive forces during the stage of socialism. Now, after analysing our experience, we have decided to abandon the closed-door policy and open to the outside world, and to invigorate the domestic economy, so as to stimulate the initiative of the whole nation.

Otherwise, it will be impossible to develop the productive forces. If we practise egalitarianism — what we call letting everyone “eat from the same big pot”, it will never be possible to raise the people’s standard of living and stimulate their initiative. All the measures we are taking are designed to expand the productive forces in the interest of socialism.”

-Deng Xiaoping

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