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How John Denver got huge in Asia

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John Denver and Deng Xiaoping

After Chairman Mao died, the person who took over was a man named Deng Xiaoping. Denver is one of the first Western artists to be invited to perform modern China. He visits in 1985 on a cultural trip in part to negotiate a venue for a performance that eventually takes place in 1992 when Denver makes a historic multi-city tour of China.

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