"Eternal Glory to Comrade Deng Xiaoping"

There were no forced public displays of grief, markets remained open and most of China's 1.2 billion people went about their business on the day following Deng Xiaoping's death. The pragmatic leader, who often proclaimed "To get rich is glorious," had discouraged the cult of personality that had prompted widespread dramatic mourning in 1976 at the death of Mao Zedong. Rumors of Deng's deteriorating health had circulated for so long that some Chinese did not believe that the "Great Architect" had finally died. Some wept while others, remembering Deng's brutal suppression of dissent, scorned the mourners. Images from the days following Deng's death:

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An unidentified retired worker wipes away tears after laying flowers in front of a mural of Deng in Shenzhen, a southern industrial city that was a fishing village until Deng picked it as the first of a series of Special Economic Zones in the 1970's. In 1992, when conservative Communists were trying to slow his revolution, Deng returned to Shenzhen to launch a counterattack that reinvigorated his reforms.

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Beijing residents offer prayers at the Tibetan-style Lama Temple. Many temples closed under Mao Zedong were reopened under Deng's more pragmatic rule.

Pro-democracy supporters unfurl a banner reading "Grief-stricken Mourning For The Butcher Of Democracy" at a demonstration outside the Xinhua News Agency, China's unofficial embassy in Hong Kong, where crowds gathered Thursday to pay tribute to Deng. The demonstrators link Deng to the suppression of the pro-democracy movements in China.

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