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Events relating to china
President Salvador Allende appoints Augusto Pinochet commander-in-chief of the Chilean army and brings him into the cabinet
Chilean president Salvador Allende dies in the Chilean capital, Santiago, in a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet
More than 7000 life-size terracotta solders are unearthed at Xi'an, placed to guard the tomb of the third century BC Chinese emperor Shi Huangdi
Augusto Pinochet takes sole power in Chile, at the head of a junta which governs with extreme brutality
Chiang Kai-shek dies and is succeeded by his son, Chiang Ching-Kuo, as leader of the republic of China in Taiwan
Mao Zedong dies in Beijing, at the age of 82, and lies in state in the Great Hall of the People
The much-hated Gang of Four are arrested in China within weeks of Mao Zedong's death
Veteran Communist leader Deng Xiaoping secures his position as the real power in China's government
Chilean author Isabel Allende publishes her first novel, The House of the Spirits
John Adams' opera Nixon in China is performed in Houston
Bernardo Bertolucci directs The Last Emperor, a film based on the life of Puyi, the last in China's imperial line
Augusto Pinochet, the only candidate in Chile's presidential election, resigns when he wins less than half the votes cast
Students, teachers and workers gather in large numbers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand democratic reform
The crowd demonstrating on Beijing's Tiananmen Square swells to more than a million
Confronted with mass popular protest, Deng Xiaoping imposes martial law in China
More than 2000 peaceful demonstrators die after troops open fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
With the fall of Pinochet, Chile returns eagerly to democracy - electing a Christian Democrat, Patricio Aylwin, as president
Gong Li plays a concubine of a Chinese warlord in Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Zhang Yimou
Work begins on China's ambitiious and controversial Three Gorges Dam project
Chen Kaige directs Farewell My Concubine, depicting the devastating effect of the Cultural Revolution on some performers of Peking opera
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader
Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories
The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport
Augusto Pinochet, visiting Britain from Chile for medical treatment, is arrested on an extradition request from a Spanish judge
The island of Macau reverts from Portuguese ownership to the People's Republic of China
