Deng Rong

Deng Rong (, born January 1950) is a Chinese politician and the third daughter of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.

She has been accused of playing a key role in the cover-up of the 1966 killing of Bian Zhongyun by Red Guards (Deng was a prominent student leader of the Red Guards at the time). This was one of the reasons Deng Xiaoping was criticized for delaying rescue operations. The Middle School teacher Bian Zhongyun was beaten to death by Red Guards in the summer of 1966, making her an early victim of the Cultural Revolution. Shortly after the killing, Deng Rong tried to pressure a hospital into carrying out an autopsy and producing a death certificate stating that Bian died from a heart attack. The hospital finally issued a certificate that listed the death cause as "Unknown".

Career When the People's Republic of China and United States established diplomatic relations in 1979, Deng was sent by her father to the Chinese Embassy in the US. She worked there for two years. She also served as Deng Xiaoping's confidential secretary from early 1989.

In 1992, Deng accompanied her father on his southern tour. Among Deng Xiaoping's family members on the tour, Deng Rong was the most visibly prominent.

Deng has sued a publisher in Liaoning over the alleged unauthorized publishing of her biographies.

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