'Deng Pufang' (
Simplified Chinese: 邓朴方;
Traditional Chinese: 鄧樸方;
Hanyu pinyin: Dèng Pǔfāng) (born
16 April 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.
The
International Paralympic Committee awarded Deng the "Paralympic Order" during their November 2005 meeting in
Beijing.
[1] This is the first year the award was offered to one recipient only; in the past, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded.
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