Edgar Snow
In 1980 Fallaci interviewed Deng Xiaoping. Michael Rank described this interview as the "most revealing ever of any Chinese leader by any western journalist" (except for that given by Mao Tse-tung to Edgar Snow in the 1930s), during which Deng spoke frankly about Mao "extraordinarily frankly by Chinese standards" whereas most Western interviews with Chinese leaders have been "bland and dull".