"After the failure of the Great Leap Forward and the disruption of the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and other leaders took the country on a path of econom

"After the failure of the Great Leap Forward and the disruption of the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and other leaders took the country on a path of economic development based on a market economy, without relinquishing the party's grip on political power." "The government resorted to nationalism, including an appeal to the CCP's anti-Japanese credentials, to reassert its legitimacy to lead the country and defuse the inevitable tensions that would accompany rapid economic growth. Today, surveys have shown that anti-Japanese sentiment in China is higher among the current generation than among the Chinese who lived through the occupation of the Second Sino-Japanese War." "Anti-Japanese sentiment can be seen in anti-Japanese war films produced and displayed in China. More than 200 anti-Japanese films are made in China each year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment_in_Chi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Famine_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Famine_deat...