A calendar of Chinese history
12 events
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Birth of diplomat Huang Hua
Birth
Huang Hua, originally known as Wang Rumei, is born in Hebei in 1913. A translator, revolutionary and diplomat, he serves as Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China from 1976 to 1982. He dies in Beijing in 2010.
Source : Huang Hua
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Birth of Liu He
Birth
Economist and politician Liu He is born in Beijing in 1952. A member of the Communist Party Politburo, he is appointed Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China on 19 March 2018 and heads the Financial Stability and Development Committee.
Source : Liu He (homme politique)
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Jiang Qing sentenced to death
Politics
Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong, founder and paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976, is sentenced to death in 1981.
Source : Mao Zedong · On chine.in
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Death of doctor Liang Wudong, first physician killed by COVID-19
Death
Physician Liang Wudong of Hubei Xinhua Hospital, born in March 1959, dies in 2020. He is the first doctor to die in the COVID-19 pandemic, from an infection contracted in hospital.
Source : Liang Wudong
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Birth of Tan Yankai
Birth
Politician Tan Yankai, a native of Hunan, is born in 1880. He dies in 1930.
Source : Tan Yankai
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Defense of Harbin begins
War
In 1932 the Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin against Japanese forces, during the phase of the conflict confined to Manchuria that followed the Mukden incident of 18 September 1931.
Source : Second Sino-Japanese War
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Birth of badminton player Pi Hongyan
Birth
Badminton player Pi Hongyan is born in Chongqing in 1979. A former Chinese international who becomes a French citizen in 2004, she reaches world number two in 2005 and wins France's first World Championships medal in 2008.
Source : Hongyan Pi
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Birth of Lucas Wong
Birth
Hong Kong rapper, singer and model Wong Yuk-hei, known as Lucas, is born in 1999. Of Thai and Chinese descent, he was a member of the South Korean boy band NCT, its Chinese sub-unit WayV and the supergroup SuperM, and appears as a regular on the Chinese variety show Keep Running.
Source : Lucas Wong
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New Power Party founded in Taiwan
Politics
The New Power Party, a Taiwanese political party usually abbreviated NPP, is founded on 25 January 2015.
Source : Parti du nouveau pouvoir
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Birth of Philip Chan
Birth
Philip Chan, born Chan Yan-kin, is born in 1945. A police inspector before entering film as a screenwriter of crime movies, he becomes an actor, director, producer and one of Hong Kong's most prominent television hosts.
Source : Philip Chan (acteur)
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Birth of footballer Gao Hongbo
Birth
Footballer Gao Hongbo is born in Beijing in 1966. He later becomes a coach.
Source : Gao Hongbo
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Birth of film director Cathy Yan
Birth
Chinese-American film director and producer Cathy Yan is born in China in 1983.
Source : Cathy Yan