1981, a youth brandishes a bottle of Coca-Cola in the Forbidden City. Ever since Deng Xiaoping's opening up and reform policy, China has been riding an economic boom, attracting huge investment from abroad. Coca-Cola, which was first sold in China in the 1920s, set up its first plant in Beijing in 1980. [Liu Heung Shing]

1981, Beijing women get their hair permed at a new salon. [Liu Heung Shing]