A calendar of Chinese history
9 events
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Birth
Birth of Karl Maka
Birth of Karl Maka, born Mak Kar-sheung, producer, director and actor famous for his partnership with Sam Hui in the Mad Mission series, which earns him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor in 1982.
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Birth of Hu Zhigang
Goalkeeper Hu Zhigang is born on 29 February 1944. A Shanghai player, he keeps goal for the Chinese national team at the 1976 AFC Asian Cup and later works as a football coach.
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Birth of Chen Zihe
Birth of Chen Zihe, a Chinese international table tennis player.
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Birth of Jin Zhang
Chinese-American biochemist Jin Zhang is born on 29 February 1972. She is a professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry, and biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
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Birth of Li Xuan
Chinese ice hockey defender Li Xuan is born on 29 February 1972. She plays in the women's tournaments at both the 1998 and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Birth of Chien Yu-hsiu
Taiwanese badminton player Chien Yu-hsiu is born on 29 February 1980. Boys' singles champion at the 1998 Asian Junior Championships and winner of the 2003 U.S. Open, he competes at the 1998 Asian Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics before turning to coaching juniors in Hsinchu.
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Birth of Chan Yun Lung
New Zealand badminton doubles specialist Alan Chan Yun Lung is born on 29 February 1988. He represents Hong Kong from 2008 before returning to the New Zealand team in 2017.
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Birth of Hsu Chia-lin
Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Hsu Chia-lin is born on 29 February 1992. He takes silver in the men's finweight (under 54 kg) division at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, beating Egypt's Hussein Sherif in the semifinal before losing the final 7-0 to South Korea's Kim Tae-hun.
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Birth of Dou Jiaxing
Chinese footballer Dou Jiaxing is born on 29 February 2000. A defender for Jiangsu in the Chinese Women's Super League, she is named to China's squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.