13525. CHINA POLITICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY: MAO'S LEGACY AND DENG'S REFORMS. This paper provides an overview and analysis of Mao's and Deng's economic policies and their impact on Chinese economic development and domestic politics during the period. The analysis begins with an assessment of Mao's economic policies (1950s-1975) and the problems these policies left for the Deng era of economic reform. The second part of the paper profiles ad analyzes the Deng reforms (post 1978) in terms of their impact on central-regional politics and with references to the impact of Mao's legacy. KEYWORDS: PRC China economy politics mao tse tung deng economic reform communism economic development research paper. APA Style. 10 pages, 27 footnotes, 11 bibliographic sources.