The 1950s

1959: Revolutionary romanticism: Monumental nature painting in Great Hall of the Peoples (Fu Baoshi, Guan Shanyue).

The 1970s

1974: Discovery of "Terracotta Army" in tomb near Xian with thousands of statues.

The 1980s

1988-1993: Chinese movie directors win important international competitions.

1988, Nov.: TV series "River Elegy" is criticized as "wholesale Westernization" and banned.

1989: France’s Hachette Filipacchi starts to publish a Chinese version of the fashion magazine "Elle".

The 1990s

1995: In the late 1990s lifestyle magazines begin to proliferate, promoting a new image of educated, elegant career women.

The 2000s

2006, March: The Chinese inaugural edition of "Rolling Stone" magazine is immediately sold out.