Beijing in the Cold War
The atlas holds 39 people and 88 moments here, from 1949 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing.
Notable people
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1956 to 1979
4 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Pol Pot
from 1970 to 1981
4 moments here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Pridi Banomyong
in 1965
1 moment here
Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…
Puyi
from 1959 to 1967
4 moments here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Richard Nixon
from 1972 to 1979
2 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1984
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
from 1952 to 1957
2 moments here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1955
1 moment here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1972
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Soong Ching-ling
from 1949 to 1981
3 moments here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Sukarno
in 1956
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Tsung-Dao Lee
from 1972 to 1979
2 moments here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Yang Chen-Ning
from 1971 to 1973
2 moments here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Zhou Enlai
from 1950 to 1976
3 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
from 1972 to 1976
3 moments here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1976 Death in Beijing Zhou Enlai
- 1976 Official visit to Peking Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1976 Return to Zhongnanhai during Mao's final illness Jiang Qing
- 1976 Death in Beijing Mao Zedong
- 1976 Arrival in Peking Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1976 Great Hall banquet Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1977 Beijing and Pyongyang diplomatic trip Pol Pot
- 1978 Visit to China Abdus Salam
- 1978 Law studies at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1978 Meeting Deng in China Pol Pot
- 1979 Flight to Beijing after Khmer Rouge collapse Norodom Sihanouk
- 1979 Return visit to Beijing Richard Nixon
- 1979 Beijing public lectures Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1980 Opening of Gang of Four trial Jiang Qing
- 1980 Wreath-laying in Tiananmen Square Lee Kuan Yew
- 1981 Death in Beijing Soong Ching-ling
- 1981 Final public appearance Soong Ching-ling
- 1981 Meetings in Beijing Pol Pot
- 1982 Communist Youth League secretary at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1982 Moves to Beijing for graduate study Liu Xiaobo
- 1982 Visit to Beijing in 1982 Kim Il Sung
- 1982 Visit to Beijing and the Great Wall Muammar Gaddafi
- 1983 Visit to Beijing in 1983 Kim Il Sung
- 1984 Visits Beijing Ronald Reagan
- 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration Margaret Thatcher
- 1985 Wham! concert at Workers' Gymnasium George Michael
- 1985 Visit to Beijing after Tsukuba Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1986 Plenary lecture in Beijing Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1987 Beijing visit with Zhao Ziyang Kim Il Sung
- 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 Presidential visit to Beijing Ali Khamenei
- 1989 Sino-Soviet Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1989 Tiananmen Square hunger strike Liu Xiaobo
- 1991 Death in Beijing Jiang Qing
- 1991 Final documented foreign visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung