The Architect of Modern China (TRIH ep 366)
1978 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Rana Mitter about Deng Xiaoping and China’s “opening up” after Mao. Mitter outlines Deng’s background—his Sichuan origins, time in France and Moscow, participation in the Long March and the civil war—and his political resurrection after Mao’s death.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1978
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)