Host Hu Liren recalled that in October 1979, when he was in the first year of junior high in Shanghai, he saw a Shanghai municipal government reception car drive into the school. A young American diplomat was filming the school with a handheld video camera and said it was for his mother to see. This reflected the beginning of the thaw in Sino‑American relations and an early sign of China’s opening to the outside world.
In March 1979, Deng Xiaoping proposed the Four Cardinal Principles, explicitly rejecting the direction of political democratization reform.
President Jimmy Carter hosted then-Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping and his wife Zhuo Lin. First Lady Rosalynn Carter meticulously prepared a bilingual Chinese-English calligraphy menu and a performance at the Kennedy Center.
美国与台湾结束外交关系，并与中华人民共和国建立外交关系。
In the spring of 1979, Xi Jinping and Bo Xilai met by chance in Beijing's Yuanyuan Tan Park. The two recalled their respective difficult experiences, and Bo Xilai even took Xi Jinping to a gathering of princelings.
In 1979, Xi Jinping married Ke Lingling, the daughter of Ke Hua, the then Chinese Ambassador to the UK. This was a political marriage between red families.
In late 1978, Deng Xiaoping came to power, establishing a departure from Mao Zedong's line and initiating reform and opening-up.
By emphasizing that "practice is the sole criterion for testing truth," Deng Xiaoping defeated Hua Guofeng and established a governing philosophy centered on economic development.
To prevent national development from being overemphasized to the point of subverting the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Deng Xiaoping introduced the Four Cardinal Principles, emphasizing the leadership position of the CCP.
围绕实践是否为检验真理的标准，中国展开真理标准问题大讨论，成为中共政治方向转变的重要争论之一。
滞留中国约30年的美籍华文作家韩秀在1978年进入美国驻华使馆，成为1949年后首位获美国国务院营救并返回美国的美国公民。
韩秀返回美国后，卡特总统警告中国政府，若不交还在中国的美国公民，美国将不与中国谈外交关系。
After Hu Yaobang became Minister of the Organization Department, he proposed seeking truth from facts to correct untrue statements and incorrect conclusions.
华国锋时期提出“两个凡是”，即凡是毛泽东作出的决策都拥护、凡是毛泽东的指示都遵循，后来受到邓小平等人的批评。
毛泽东逝世后，汪东兴掌控的中央警卫局在怀仁堂一夜之间将四人帮抓捕，检验了核心权力中警卫与人事绝对控制的乘法逻辑。
On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong passed away. Newspapers across the country reported his death with black borders and large-scale memorial activities were held. The grassroots society was plunged into an extreme political atmosphere, with the public required to participate in collective mourning. Those with problematic family backgrounds faced severe political suppression during this period.
The author turned 10 years old on September 9, 1976, the same day Mao Zedong passed away. He recalls that after Mao's death, he could no longer celebrate his birthday. He describes the societal reaction to Mao's passing, including official media's mourning and some citizens' expressions of grief.
Mao Zedong passed away on September 9, 1976.
毛泽东逝世后，中国各地举行追悼会和追思会，学校及社区组织民众参加悼念活动。
In the early morning of July 28, 1976, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province, causing massive casualties and property damage.
毛泽东于1976年去世，此后中国结束毛泽东个人统治时期。
毛泽东逝世后，华国锋在中共党内成为主要领导人，相关宣传中出现“你办事，我放心”等内容。
1976年，经过长期政治运动和文化大革命，中国经济陷入严重困境，国家建制受到冲击。
After 1976, Hua Guofeng served simultaneously as Chairman of the CCP Central Committee, Premier of the State Council, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
In 1976, at the end of the Cultural Revolution and on the verge of economic collapse, announcers read political scripts in a cold, rigid, funeral-like tone, while submitting the raw truth from the public directly to the CCP Central Committee via top-secret internal reference reports.
Baozi entered the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University as a worker‑peasant‑soldier student to study.
苏联官僚因政治死线压倒一切，迫使工程团队跳过地面试车实验，将未验证的N1火箭推上发射台，结果升空90秒后四发四败，登月梦彻底破灭。
In 1972, while mired in the Vietnam War, Nixon visited China in search of an achievement; his original intention in engaging with the CCP was to change China. However, in his interactions with the CCP, the Nixon administration gradually deviated from the goal of changing China, shifting instead to emphasizing "seeking common ground while reserving differences." To exchange for the CCP's assistance on the Vietnam issue, he promised concessions on the Taiwan issue, such as troop withdrawals and the establishment of diplomatic relations. This shift in strategy is considered a case of the CCP playing the US, rather than the US changing the CCP.
Deng Xiaoping again wrote to Mao Zedong, engaging in sycophantic praise and reiterating his guarantee never to reverse verdicts.
机构资金集中买入50只蓝筹成长股，漂亮50平均市盈率被推升至42倍，约为当时标普500市盈率的两倍以上。
During President Nixon's visit to China, First Lady Pat Nixon remarked to Zhou Enlai that pandas were adorable. Zhou immediately promised to gift two pandas, initiating US-China panda diplomacy.
During his visit to China, Nixon toasted with Zhou Enlai at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing; the wine used was later served at White House state dinners.
Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 2758, deciding that the People's Republic of China would replace the Republic of China in the UN seat representing China. This resolution contains serious legal flaws in both procedure and substance, and it does not mention the sovereign status of Taiwan. It has since become the primary basis for the CCP to suppress Taiwan's international participation.
Xi Jinping visits the United States
After enduring prolonged and brutal persecution and detention in Kaifeng, Henan, Liu Shaoqi passed away from illness in the early morning of November 12, 1969, and was cremated immediately.
中国与苏联军队在珍宝岛地区发生武装冲突，战事规模较小。
掌握资源分配的苏联无线电技术部为规避技术探索失败的问责并完成KPI，压制科学界，选择逆向工程抄袭美国IBM 360，导致本土硬件研发进入永久停滞。
Deng Xiaoping wrote an extremely humble self-statement, admitting he was a capitalist roader and pledging never to reverse verdicts.
Zhang Langlang was arrested in Hangzhou on charges including viciously attacking central leaders. At the time, Yu Qiangsheng served as the head of the special investigation team.
In 1968, Jiang Qing announced Liu Shaoqi as a major special agent and traitor when receiving the Peking Opera Troupe. During the Cultural Revolution, numerous political figures and intellectuals suffered brutal persecution.
Wen Jiabao, who graduated with a graduate degree in 1968, was labeled a rightist and sent to a farm in Jiuquan, Gansu for a year of reform-through-labor after speaking out against physical violence at a struggle session.
韩秀称父亲因患热病，在飞机从巴拿马返回华盛顿途中去世。
A mass rally to criticize Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping was held in Tiananmen Square. Liu Shaoqi held up the Constitution to protest and was beaten by Red Guards, while Wang Guangmei was also publicly humiliated and subsequently arrested.
1967年文化大革命开始后，江泽民因出身问题及不当发言受到了两年的劳动改造。
1967年文革爆发不久，韩秀来到新疆兵团，因精通俄语得以与当地懂俄语的维吾尔族民众沟通交流。
In September 1966, with the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, the state completely stopped issuing fixed dividends to former private industrialists and businessmen, prematurely terminating the buyout period and completely zeroing out the status and assets of former capitalists.
Mao Zedong posted the big-character poster 'Bombard the Headquarters' at the plenary session, pointing the spearhead directly at Liu Shaoqi. Liu Shaoqi's ranking within the party plummeted, marking his loss of power.
老舍在文革期间遭受文联批斗与殴打，其妻胡洁青未能拉住他，最终老舍在太平湖畔结束生命。
1966年5月，中国文化大革命开始，政治运动随后持续多年。
文化大革命开始后，中国各地大专院校、中学和小学的知识分子受到冲击，部分人员遭受迫害并有人自杀。