Beijing in the Cold War
The atlas holds 9 people and 19 moments here, from 1949 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Mao Zedong, Liu Xiaobo and Li Keqiang.
Notable people
Mao Zedong
from 1949 to 1976
6 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1982 to 1989
4 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Li Keqiang
from 1978 to 1988
3 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Ronald Reagan
in 1984
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1984
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1989
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1989
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1957
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
George Michael
in 1985
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Moments
- 1949 Proclamation of the People's Republic Mao Zedong
- 1957 Mao–Khrushchev state visit Mao Zedong
- 1957 Stop in Beijing Ho Chi Minh
- 1966 Red Guard public appearance Mao Zedong
- 1972 Meeting with President Nixon Mao Zedong
- 1975 Meeting with President Ford Mao Zedong
- 1976 Death in Beijing Mao Zedong
- 1978 Law studies at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1982 Communist Youth League secretary at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1982 Moves to Beijing for graduate study Liu Xiaobo
- 1984 Visits Beijing Ronald Reagan
- 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration Margaret Thatcher
- 1985 Wham! concert at Workers' Gymnasium George Michael
- 1988 Economics graduate studies at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1988 Doctorate and lectureship at Beijing Normal University Liu Xiaobo
- 1989 Meetings in Beijing George H. W. Bush
- 1989 Returns to Beijing for the democracy movement Liu Xiaobo
- 1989 Sino-Soviet Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1989 Tiananmen Square hunger strike Liu Xiaobo