Historical figures in China
The atlas holds 6 people and 14 moments here, from 1932 to 1977. The most recorded lives are Puyi, Liu Xiaobo and Jiang Zemin. Among them Writers, across World War II and the Cold War.
Notable people
Hideki Tojo
in 1935
1 moment here
Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…
Jiang Zemin
from 1954 to 1955
2 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1955 to 1977
3 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Puyi
from 1932 to 1945
6 moments here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Toshiro Mifune
in 1940
1 moment here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1941
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Moments
- 1932 Ceremonial entry into Changchun Puyi
- 1934 Move to the Salt Tax Palace Puyi
- 1934 Enthronement as Emperor of Manchukuo Puyi
- 1935 Kwantung Army Kempeitai command Hideki Tojo
- 1938 Confinement at the Salt Tax Palace Puyi
- 1940 Seventh Flying Squad posting Toshiro Mifune
- 1941 First Manchurian journey Yasunari Kawabata
- 1945 Departure from Changchun by train Puyi
- 1945 Soviet bombing raid Puyi
- 1954 Vehicle-production assignment Jiang Zemin
- 1955 Work at First Automobile Works Jiang Zemin
- 1955 Birth in Changchun Liu Xiaobo
- 1974 Farm work in Jilin Liu Xiaobo
- 1977 Begins study at Jilin University Liu Xiaobo