In an interview, SMU Adjunct Professor Joergen Oerstroem Moeller shared about how China's late leader Deng Xiaoping had integrated China into the global economy. He said that Deng is a "realist," seeing the world as it is. Talking about Deng's contributions to China, Adjunct Prof Moeller said that the late Chinese leader changed the course of the country. Additionally, Adjunct Prof Moeller expressed confidence in China's further reform and opening up.