But Deng chose real reform and real change, appealing to overseas Chinese, whom the Party had demonized for many years, to bet on the country’s future and invest. The diaspora listened – the beginning and the secret of the reforms that put China on the path to its current economic success.
在1980年代，邓小平警告中国如果不进行改革的话就会走向崩溃；劳尔也发表了同样的言论。但邓小平选择了推行真正的改革和变革，呼吁原本被妖魔化多年的海外华侨为国家的未来下注并归国投资。