-- Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first outlet in Beijing. The first American fast food chain to set foot on the mainland, it quickly becomes one of the most popular restaurant chains.
The first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Beijing opens for trial operation on Oct 10, 1987. Xinhua |
-- Hu Yaobang resigns from his post as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Zhao Ziyang is elected acting general secretary.
-- Deng Xiaoping reaffirms that after things are settled according to the policy of "one country, two systems". Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will be allowed to keep their present systems for at least 50 years.
Soldiers fight a huge fire on the Daxing'anling Mountain in Heilongjiang province in 1987. The fire covered 20 percent of China's largest forest area, killed 211 people and burned down the homes of 50,000 people. Qiao Tianfu |