Shanghai in the Cold War

The atlas holds 6 people and 10 moments here, from 1947 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Jiang Zemin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Ronald Reagan.

Notable people

1. Dorothy Hodgkin

   from 1965 to 1972

   2 moments here

   English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

2. Jiang Qing

   in 1956

   1 moment here

   Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…

3. Jiang Zemin

   from 1947 to 1989

   4 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,…

4. Richard Nixon

   in 1972

   1 moment here

   Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

5. Ronald Reagan

   in 1984

   1 moment here

   American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

6. Yang Chen-Ning

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…

Moments

1. 1947 Graduation from Chiao Tung University Jiang Zemin
2. 1952 Shanghai No. 2 Design Bureau assignment Jiang Zemin
3. 1956 Banquet for Sukarno in Shanghai Jiang Qing
4. 1962 Shanghai Electric Research Institute Jiang Zemin
5. 1965 Visit to Shanghai after Japan tour Dorothy Hodgkin
6. 1971 First return to mainland China via Shanghai Yang Chen-Ning
7. 1972 China state visit: Shanghai Richard Nixon
8. 1972 Insulin discussions in Shanghai Dorothy Hodgkin
9. 1984 Visits Shanghai Ronald Reagan
10. 1989 Shanghai protest meeting Jiang Zemin

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