A calendar of Chinese history
14 events
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Birth of Ji Pengfei
Birth
Ji Pengfei is born in 1910. The politician serves as foreign minister of the People's Republic of China from 1972 to 1974, and dies in 2000.
Source : Ji Pengfei
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Birth of actress Zhang Jingchu
Birth
Zhang Jingchu is born in Yong'an, Fujian, in 1980. The actress also appears in American productions, including Rush Hour 3 alongside Jackie Chan and Mission: Impossible, Rogue Nation with Tom Cruise.
Source : Zhang Jingchu
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Birth of Victoria Song
Birth
Song Qian, better known as Victoria Song, is born in Qingdao, Shandong, in 1987. The actress, dancer, model and singer is the leader of the K-pop girl group f(x).
Source : Victoria Song · On chine.in
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Birth of track cyclist Zhong Tianshi
Birth
Zhong Tianshi is born in 1991. A track sprinter, she is junior world champion in the 500 metres in 2009, then twice Olympic champion in the team sprint (2016 and 2020) and world champion in the team sprint (2015) and the individual sprint (2016).
Source : Zhong Tianshi
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Death of actress Barbie Hsu
Death
Taiwanese actress and singer Barbie Hsu, born in Taipei in 1976, dies in Tokyo in 2025. A member of the group ASOS, she had risen to fame with the television series Meteor Garden.
Source : Barbie Xu
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Birth of painter Chen Cheng-po
Birth
Chen Cheng-po, also written Tan Teng-pho, a Taiwanese painter, is born in Kagi District in 1895. He dies in Chiayi in 1947.
Source : Tan Ting-pho
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Birth of cartoonist Tsai Chih-chung
Birth
Taiwanese comic artist Tsai Chih-chung is born in 1948. Popular since the early 1980s for a humorous series, he turns in 1986 to adapting traditional tales and the lives of famous Chinese thinkers, with great success.
Source : Tsai Chih-chung
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Birth of chess player Qin Kanying
Birth
Qin Kanying, a Chinese chess player, is born in Shanghai in 1974.
Source : Qin Kanying
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Birth of track cyclist Jiang Cuihua
Birth
Jiang Cuihua is born in 1975. A track cyclist specialising in the 500 metres, she wins bronze in that event at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and three medals at the world championships.
Source : Jiang Cuihua
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Birth of judoka Gao Feng
Birth
Gao Feng, also written Feng Gao, is born in 1982. The Chinese judoka competes in the under 48 kg category.
Source : Feng Gao
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Birth of baseball player Chin-Lung Hu
Birth
Chin-Lung Hu is born in 1984. The Taiwanese shortstop plays in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets, the fifth player from Taiwan to reach the majors and the first infielder.
Source : Chin-Lung Hu
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Death of General Qin Jiwei
Death
Qin Jiwei, a Chinese general and politician born in November 1914, dies in 1997.
Source : Qin Jiwei
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Birth of tennis player Shang Juncheng
Birth
Shang Juncheng, known as Jerry Shang, is born in Beijing in 2005. Turning professional in 2021, he reaches the top of the ITF junior rankings in July 2021.
Source : Shang Juncheng
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Death of mathematician Hu Hesheng
Death
Mathematician Hu Hesheng, born in Shanghai in 1928, dies in 2024. A specialist in differential geometry and mathematical physics and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, she served as president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society and was the Noether Lecturer in 2002.
Source : Hu Hesheng