s ▁ideal istic , ▁commun itar ian ▁values ▁but ▁not ▁necessarily ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁Marx ▁and ▁Len in , ▁D eng ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁social ism ▁did ▁not ▁mean ▁shared ▁pover ty ▁( th us ▁rep udi ating ▁the ▁Gang ▁of ▁Four ' s ▁s log an ▁" We ▁would ▁rather ▁be ▁poor ▁under ▁social ism ▁than ▁rich ▁under ▁capital ism .") ▁Un like ▁H ua ▁Gu of eng , ▁D eng ▁believed ▁that ▁no ▁policy ▁should ▁be ▁rejected ▁out ▁of ▁hand ▁simply ▁because ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁associated ▁with ▁Ma o . ▁Un like ▁more ▁conserv ative ▁leaders ▁such ▁as ▁Chen ▁Y un , ▁D eng ▁did ▁not ▁object ▁to ▁policies ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁found ▁in ▁capital ist ▁nations . ▁He ▁merely ▁stated ▁that ▁these ▁ideas ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁her itage ▁of ▁man kind ▁and ▁not ▁specifically ▁tied ▁to ▁either ▁capital ism ▁or ▁social ism . ▁ ▁Although ▁D eng ▁provided ▁the ▁theoretical ▁background ▁and ▁the ▁political ▁support ▁to ▁allow ▁economic ▁reform ▁to ▁occur , ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁economic ▁re forms ▁that ▁D eng ▁introduced ▁were ▁origin ated ▁by ▁D eng ▁himself . ▁Local ▁leaders , ▁often ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁central ▁government ▁direct ives ▁introduced ▁many ▁re forms . ▁If ▁successful ▁and ▁prom ising , ▁these ▁re forms ▁would ▁be ▁adopted ▁by ▁larger ▁and ▁larger ▁areas , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁introduced ▁nation ally . ▁Many ▁other ▁re forms ▁were ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁experiences ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁Asian ▁Tig ers . ▁Among ▁other ▁things ,