In this Feb. 2, 1979, file photo, an aide helps China's then-leader, Deng Xiaoping, try on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo in Simonton, Tex. (AP Photo, File) ...

Deng Xiaoping waves a cowboy hat at the audience. At the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., about 200 American primary school students sang the song "I Love ...

Deng Xiaoping puts on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo near Houston during his 1979 visit to the United States. Photo: Reuters.

An aide helps then Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping try on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo in Simonton, Texas Feb. 2, 1979. (AP) ...

2/2/79-Simonton, Texas: With the help of an aide, Deng Xiaoping tries on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo near Houston. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images ...

Kelly Van Dries remembers the moment as if it were yesterday, when she presented the 10-gallon Stetson cowboy hat to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping 45 years ago in a private rodeo show especially ...

The Chinese leader with the cowboy hat, ... Any time that Deng Xiaoping is posited as a better leader than Xi Jinping, his complicity in the massacre on June 4 should be noted.

Some foreign leaders have also put on a Stetson, at least when visiting Texas, including Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping when he appeared at a rodeo in Simonton, Texas, in February 1979.

How Deng Xiaoping Solved China’s Trade Problem—and What America Can Learn from Him. ... he donned a classic ten-gallon cowboy hat in a moment famously captured on camera.

In this week's issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how Xi Jinping presented himself as the true heir to Deng Xiaoping Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news ...

Deng Xiaoping puts on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo near Houston during his 1979 visit to the United States. Photo: Reuters. SCMP Series.