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1989
Confronted with mass popular protest, Deng Xiaoping imposes martial law in China
1989
More than 2000 peaceful demonstrators die after troops open fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
1989
With the fall of Pinochet, Chile returns eagerly to democracy - electing a Christian Democrat, Patricio Aylwin, as president
1991
Gong Li plays a concubine of a Chinese warlord in
Raise the Red Lantern
, directed by Zhang Yimou
1993
Work begins on China's ambitiious and controversial Three Gorges Dam project
1993
Chen Kaige directs
Farewell My Concubine
, depicting the devastating effect of the Cultural Revolution on some performers of Peking opera
1997
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader
1997
Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories
1998
The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport
1998
Augusto Pinochet, visiting Britain from Chile for medical treatment, is arrested on an extradition request from a Spanish judge
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