Timeline of post-Mao Chinese history, from 1976 to 2008.
1989 Martial Law Declared in Tibet
1990-1998 Uighur uprisings against Chinese rule
1999 Portuguese hand-over of Macau to China
2006 Three Gorges Dam completed
2008 Tibetan Uprising
2008 Sichuan Earthquake, 87,000(?) dead
2008 Beijing Summer Olympics