Edward Gough Whitlam, former Australian prime minister, shows his group photo with late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, taken during one of his visits to China, in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 13, 2004. On the eve of the centennial of Deng Xiaoping's birth, Whitlam spoke highly of Deng's initiation of China's policy of reform and opening to the outside world, and showed admiration for his outstanding political wisdom.