Beijing in the Space Age
The atlas holds 60 people and 133 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Liu Xiaobo and Norodom Sihanouk.
Notable people
José Mujica
in 2013
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Khaleda Zia
from 2002 to 2005
2 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2009
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
from 1958 to 1991
8 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1966
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1980
1 moment here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Li Keqiang
from 1978 to 2013
6 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…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1982 to 2009
8 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Manmohan Singh
from 2008 to 2013
2 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mao Zedong
from 1957 to 1976
5 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
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.…
Mother Teresa
in 1995
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1982
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammadu Buhari
from 2016 to 2018
2 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1999
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
from 2011 to 2022
3 moments here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1965 to 2012
8 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.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2019
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Moments
- 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
- 1992 Medical stay in Beijing Norodom Sihanouk
- 1993 International Union of Crystallography Congress Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1993 Cancer treatment in Beijing after restoration Norodom Sihanouk
- 1993 First secretary of the Communist Youth League Li Keqiang
- 1993 Last public appearance Deng Xiaoping
- 1995 Residential surveillance in suburban Beijing Liu Xiaobo
- 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women Benazir Bhutto
- 1995 Address at the Fourth World Conference on Women Mother Teresa
- 1997 Death in Beijing Deng Xiaoping
- 1999 Pays official visit to Beijing Nelson Mandela
- 1999 First presidential tour of China Hugo Chávez
- 2002 State visit to Beijing Khaleda Zia
- 2003 Return to Tsinghua Yuan Yang Chen-Ning
- 2003 Speech at Peking University Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2004 China Friendship Award ceremony Alan MacDiarmid
- 2005 Visit to Beijing Alan MacDiarmid
- 2005 Talks in Beijing with Wen Jiabao Khaleda Zia
- 2006 Talks with Hu Jintao in Beijing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2006 Conference at Tsinghua University Tsung-Dao Lee
- 2006 Japan-China summit Shinzo Abe
- 2008 Official visit to Beijing Manmohan Singh
- 2008 Meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2008 State visit to China Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2008 Vice premier appointment Li Keqiang