I've found Vogel's Deng biography to be detailed, but bland in tone and gentle in its judgments, overly so, especially compared to the factionalism and tyranny described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tiananmen_Papers. We may soon find ourselves with a US President incapacitated and manipulated by his carers as Deng was in his final years.
I've found Vogel's Deng biography to be detailed, but bland in tone and gentle in its judgments, overly so, especially compared to the factionalism and tyranny described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tiananmen_Papers. We may soon find ourselves with a US President incapacitated and manipulated by his carers as Deng was in his final years.
Fully agree re Matt Lakeman, I love his posts, amazing writer.