Hardships of Ruling a Country

Before this week I did not know that China was in such disarray after Moa ruled. I did not know how much Deng had inherited when he became ruler of China. After doing the activity in class to try to help China I have a new respect for Deng because we only "fixed" China through activity, Deng had to do it in reality and that would be much harder. Unexpected problems would arise and they would bog down progress at mending the nation back to its former glory. Deng had a goal to make China much more successful than it had been in years and with his reforms he managed to make many Chinese cities prosperous once more. Even if he was not entirely good to the peasants, he deserves some respect for launching such drastic reforms and fixing China as much as he did.