Shanghai in the Space Age
The atlas holds 9 people and 20 moments here, from 1962 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Dorothy Hodgkin.
Notable people
Deng Xiaoping
from 1992 to 1994
6 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
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,…
Ichirou Mizuki
in 2010
1 moment here
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…
Jiang Zemin
from 1962 to 2022
6 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,…
Li Keqiang
in 2023
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
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.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1984
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Tsung-Dao Lee
in 2010
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
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
- 1962 Shanghai Electric Research Institute Jiang Zemin
- 1965 Visit to Shanghai after Japan tour Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1971 First return to mainland China via Shanghai Yang Chen-Ning
- 1972 China state visit: Shanghai Richard Nixon
- 1972 Insulin discussions in Shanghai Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1984 Visits Shanghai Ronald Reagan
- 1989 Shanghai protest meeting Jiang Zemin
- 1992 Arrival in Shanghai for Lunar New Year Deng Xiaoping
- 1992 Cruise on the Huangpu River Deng Xiaoping
- 1992 Departure from Shanghai completing southern tour Deng Xiaoping
- 1992 Lantern Festival on Nanjing Road Deng Xiaoping
- 1992 Visit to Nanpu Bridge Deng Xiaoping
- 1994 Final trip to Shanghai Deng Xiaoping
- 2005 Post-retirement residence in Shanghai Jiang Zemin
- 2010 Shanghai Expo Japan event Ichirou Mizuki
- 2010 Visit to Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tsung-Dao Lee
- 2014 Meeting with Vladimir Putin Jiang Zemin
- 2017 Appearance at Shanghai Technology University Jiang Zemin
- 2022 Death at Huadong Hospital Jiang Zemin
- 2023 Death at Shuguang Hospital Li Keqiang