After Jiang Zemin repeatedly provoked Liu Xiaoqing with his words at the Deng residence, Deng Xiaoping learned of the matter, and Jiang Zemin was subsequently denied entry to the Deng residence for several months.
Steamed Bun called Lai Changxing and asked him to arrange 2 million yuan within three days to cover the funding gap for the film "Hibiscus Town" starring Liu Xiaoqing.
According to Jiang Weiping's book, during his tenure as Jin County Magistrate in Dalian, Bo Xilai visited Zou Xianwei, who had just been released from prison, had a murder charge, and collected protection fees. The two became close partners.
Ma Chaoxu participated in the international debate competition held in Singapore as a graduate student and emerged as a top debater.
After Sun Guangtian was caught by the police station for soliciting prostitution at a bath center, he called Bo Xilai, who arrived on the scene, took him away, and said that Sun Guangtian was investigating on his dispatch.
Implicated in the forced resignation of Fujian Provincial Party Secretary Xiang Nan over the Jinjiang fake drug case, Xi Jinping was transferred out of Fujian and demoted to the Ningde region.
After gathering evidence for three years, the FBI arrested Larry Wu-Tai Chin, who had infiltrated the CIA for decades, on espionage charges based on clues provided by Yu Qiangsheng.
In October 1985, under the principle of then General Secretary Hu Yaobang, Wen Jiabao was selected as deputy director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee and subsequently promoted to director.
At just 32 years old, after two years of working at the grassroots level in Hebei, Xi Jinping was promoted to member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Xiamen Committee and vice mayor, becoming one of the youngest officials at or above the deputy department level in the country at the time. This promotion was made possible with the help of his father, Xi Zhongxun.
Ma Yanqin was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in 1985 on charges related to hooliganism. Years later, her case and the plight of her family have sparked public attention and reflection.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter Guan Jian interviewed Teresa Teng via long-distance call, and the report was published on the bottom right of the front page the next day, marking what is considered the first formal interview with Teresa Teng by the mainland Chinese press.
Yu Qiangsheng defected to the United States via a CIA-arranged flight through Hong Kong, causing massive tremors within the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1985, Wen Jiabao was selected as the Director of the CCP Central Committee General Office, managing core state secrets for eight years and experiencing multiple major political struggles among the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
After holding a series of deputy ministerial-level positions, Jiang Zemin officially took office as Mayor of Shanghai in 1985.
Ren Zhiqiu was locked up in a detention center over economic issues and was detained for 14 months in total; after his release, the ruling issued by the procuratorate stated that it "need not be deemed a crime."
In 1985, the first Taoli Cup Dance Competition was held. Jin Xing took first place in the junior division and trained himself to perform on pointe as a male dancer.
In 1985 Hu Jintao was transferred from the Communist Youth League Central Committee to serve as Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, making him the youngest provincial Party secretary in China at the time; in 1986 Guizhou's per capita GDP was only 461 yuan, ranking last in the country.
China and the United Kingdom signed the Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, establishing the principle of "One Country, Two Systems". Ke Hua was one of the key operators.
China Kanghua Industrial Co., Ltd. (Little Kanghua) was established, nominally to raise funds for the China Welfare Fund for the Disabled. Deng Pufang served as chairman of the board, enjoying privileges such as foreign exchange quotas and exclusive import rights.
With the help of campaign advisor Roger Ailes, Mike McConnell defeated three-term incumbent Democratic Senator Hardelston by a slim margin of 0.4%, winning his first seat in Congress.
Huang Wenfang met with Hong Kong Triad leaders, indicating China's intention to retake Hong Kong, and urged them not to cause unrest.
Deng Xiaoping said in a talk with Hong Kong people that there are good people in the Triads, as well as patriots.
On August 19, 1983, China launched a nationwide "strike hard" campaign. A large number of people were arrested, sentenced, and executed, and some were later sent to labor camps in Xinjiang, Tibet, and other regions.
Xu Jiatun visited the Kowloon Walled City, which was then regarded as a lawless place, and met with members of the local Neighborhood Welfare Promotion Association; this move attracted the attention and displeasure of the Hong Kong British government.
The Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China is officially established, primarily undertaking foreign intelligence and counter-espionage work, forming a parallel system with public security organs that handle domestic security.
Xu Jiatun officially arrives in Hong Kong to assume a new post, serving as director of Xinhua News Agency’s Hong Kong branch, effectively acting as secretary of the CCP Hong Kong and Macau Work Committee, and begins to expand the united front by reaching out to various forces.
Chinese tennis player Hu Na was granted political asylum in the United States, prompting China to subsequently suspend Sino-U.S. cultural and sports exchanges and triggering a serious diplomatic storm.
To cultivate successors, the CCP Organization Department established the Youth Cadre Bureau, which screened a 1,068-member “third tier” list according to the “four requirements” standard, becoming an important basis for cadre promotion.
Gao Xingjian's plays, such as "Absolute Signal" and "The Station," were criticized during the Campaign to Clear Spiritual Pollution and were accused of being vestiges of bourgeois style.
China launches a crackdown campaign.
From 1983 to 1986, Han Xiu and his wife worked in Beijing, where Han Xiu taught Chinese to diplomats and related personnel at the US Embassy.
US diplomats once attempted to invite Gao Xingjian abroad through various means, such as French drama festivals, German book fairs, and US art exhibitions, but were repeatedly denied approval because he did not belong to the relevant associations.
After PLA pilot Wu Ronggen flew a MiG-19 fighter jet to South Korea, he was sent to Taiwan, where the authorities awarded him 5,000 taels of gold. He later met Teresa Teng in Taichung and sang a duet with her.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited China and met with Deng Xiaoping, beginning negotiations on the future of Hong Kong. Ke Hua played a significant role in this process.
In 1982, Ke Lingling filed for divorce. Xi Jinping transferred his resentment over being abandoned by his ex-wife onto the British nation, vowing revenge.
To ensure that he could legally serve as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Deng Xiaoping promoted an amendment to the CCP's 12th Congress party constitution, stipulating that the Chairman of the CMC must be selected from the members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Scholar Messer proposes that goals in football matches can be modeled using the Poisson distribution to estimate the probability of different scorelines.
After being recommended and introduced to Hu Yaobang by Song Ping, Hu Yaobang and Song Ping jointly recommended Hu Jintao to serve as Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League of China Central Committee and Chairman of the All-China Youth Federation. Hu Jintao, about 40 years old, returned to Beijing and was promoted to First Secretary of the Communist Youth League Central Committee within two years.
28-year-old Zhao Xiaolan returned to China for the first time with her parents to visit her alma mater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It was also an opportunity for Zhao Xiansheng to return to his alma mater.
In 1981, the Washington Senate unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Teresa Teng wore a military uniform to visit front-line troops in places like Kinmen and Dadan Island. She also used binoculars at the Hujingtou position to look across the strait, experiencing the front-line atmosphere and singing a cappella for the soldiers guarding the islands.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th CCP Central Committee was held from June 27 to 29. Hua Guofeng resigned as Chairman of the CCP Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Hu Yaobang succeeded him as Chairman, and Deng Xiaoping took over as Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party adopted the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China, repudiating the Cultural Revolution and distinguishing Mao Zedong's later errors from Mao Zedong Thought.
Yu Qiangsheng, an official of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, was recruited by the CIA in Beijing and began providing intelligence.
Ma Zhaoxu was admitted to Peking University in 1981 to study economics.
In 1981, a CCP Central Committee plenary session passed the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party, completely negating the Cultural Revolution, but the two slogans at Xinhua Gate — "Long live the great Chinese Communist Party" and "Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought" — were not removed.
In 1981, China established the National Family Planning Commission. Over the following 20-plus years it grew into a massive bureaucratic system, with full-time family planning public employees reaching 800,000 by 2000.
On November 10, 1980, the CCP Central Politburo held a meeting in Zhongnanhai, demanding that Party Chairman and Military Commission Chairman Hua Guofeng relinquish his power.
After reaching an agreement with Taiwan officials in the United States, Teresa Teng returned to Taipei and held a concert at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall a few days later, donating all ticket proceeds to the Self-Strengthening Patriotic Fund.
On September 10, 1980, the Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress (August 30 to September 10) adopted a resolution accepting Hua Guofeng's resignation from the office of Premier of the State Council and decided that Zhao Ziyang would serve as Premier of the State Council.