Deng Pufang

Deng Pufang (邓朴方 pinyin deng4 pu2 fang1), born in 1944, is the first son of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin.

He is considered a member of the Crown Prince Party.

During the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and his family were targeted by Mao Zedong; Mao's Red Guards imprisoned Deng Pufang. He was tortured and forced out of the window of a four-story building, becoming a paraplegic.

Deng Pufang is currently the chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation , which he helped found in 1988. He was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize in December 2003 for his work in protecting the rights of disabled people in China.

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