Unlike Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping did not pretend to be a poet, a philosopher or a calligrapher. The Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, in a mere three volumes, offer few hints about the person himself.

(AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Wang Xiaoping, minister of Human Resources and Social Security speaks during a press conference for the second session on the sideline of the National People’s Congress in ...