In September 1988, she was awarded the rank of colonel and in July 1993, she was promoted to the rank of major general. She retired in 1995. Deng Xianqun told reporters that she was born in 1935 and there were eight brothers and sisters in her family. Comrade Xiaoping was more than 30 years older than her and he was her eldest brother while she was the youngest sister in the family. "Although my eldest brother and I had the same father but different mothers, he loved me most when we were young." On September 25, 2007, Major General Deng Xianqun...