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Deng died; Hong Kong handed over to Chinese administration

Mikhail Gorbachev visited China; Tiananmen Pro-Democracy protest of one million people demanding Premier Li Peng resign and martial law be withdrawn; and June Fourth massacre

Premier Zhou Enlai died; Tiananmen Square demonstration; Mao died; “Gang of Four” arrested

During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, a.k.a. The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (伟大的无产阶级文化大革命), education system for the most part became paralyzed and literally came to a halt for a while, college professors as well as school students were sent to the … Continue reading →

Three-Year difficult period (三年自然灾害): famine and paying debts to U.S.S.R after the Sino-Soviet rift

3-anti- (corruption, waste, bureaucracy) 5-anti- (bribery, tax-evasion, fraud, do shoddy work and inferior material, steal economic secrets) campaigns; Korean War;