Deng Xiaoping (11 images)

Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping salutes after placing a wreath at the foot of the statue of President Abraham Lincoln during his sightseeing stop at the Lincoln Memorial 1/31/1979.

Chinese Vice Premiere Deng Xiaoping (C) arrives at the Capitol 1/30/1979 to have lunch with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was greeted by the committee's chairman, Senator Frank Church D-Idaho (R) and Senator Jacob Javits R-New York (L), the ranking GOP member.

Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (L) toasts Vice President Walter Mondale at a reception at the Washington Liason office of China 1/31/1979.

Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping waves as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland 1/28/1979. Deng will be officially welcomed at the White House by President Carter 1/29/1979.