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1971
1979
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1978
July: US Secretary of State Henry Kissenger visits China to set the stage for a presidential visit the following year.
1977
Part III: P.R.C. 2.0
Into and through the seventies, China reels, then recovers, from Mao and begins to engage the outside world
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Rock seeps in; yaogun seeps through
1973
1975
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon; The Stooges’ Raw Power; Billy Joel’s Piano Man
Bruce Springsteen on the cover of Time and Newsweek; Sex Pistols’ first gig; Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” spends nine weeks atop the UK singles chart
1977
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Meanwhile...
September 13: Bodies of Lin Biao and his wife, Li Qun, and their son, Lin Liguo found in the wreckage of a airplane in the Mongolian desert; the family is posthumously accused of attempting a coup.
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January 8: Death of Zhou Enlai.
April 4: Crowds gather in Tiananmen Square in honor of Zhou Enlai on Grave-Sweeping Day, the traditional holiday Chinese pay tribute to their ancestors. In what is then referred to as the Tiananmen Incident, the gathered masses are violently suppressed.
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September 9: Death of Mao Zedong.
October 6, 1976: Gang of Four arrested in wake of coup, and charged with the excesses of the Cultural Revolution.
The ‘Beijing Spring’ sees a brief period of liberalisation and the encouragement of criticism.
chinadaily.com
morningsun.com
chineseposters.net
daylife.com
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January: Deng Xiaoping visits the US.
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Peking All-Stars, comprised of foreign residents of Beijing, formed.
August 16: Elvis Presley found dead at his home.
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hollywoodandfine.com
“Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang; the Clash’s first US tour; Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Rust Never Sleeps; Pink Floyd’s The Wall
1979
1976
The Eagles’ Hotel California; Rush’s 2112; the Ramones’ self-titled debut.
