A calendar of Chinese history
16 events
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Politics
Treaty of Nerchinsk
On 6 September 1689, the Qing empire and Russia sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the small town of that name. It set the border between the two states in Siberia and ended the military conflict over the Amur river region.
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Birth
Birth of Yao Yilin
Politician Yao Yilin is born in Hong Kong on 6 September 1917. Vice-premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988, he served as first vice-premier from 1988 to 1993.
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War
Second Battle of Changsha
The second Battle of Changsha opens on 6 September 1941, when Chinese guerrillas attack Japanese troops in the mountains south of Yueyang. A Japanese force of 120,000 men reached Changsha on 27 September but again failed to break Chinese resistance in Hunan.
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Birth
Birth of Sam Hui
Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor Sam Hui is born on 6 September 1948. The first major cantopop star, nicknamed the God of Songs, he popularised the genre in the 1970s by singing in everyday Cantonese about the concerns of his time.
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Death
Death of Yang Hucheng
General Yang Hucheng dies on 6 September 1949. Born in 1893, this commander of the warlord era had fought for the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War.
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Death
Death of Shi Liang
Lawyer and activist Shi Liang dies on 6 September 1985. The only woman arrested in the 1936 Seven Gentlemen Incident, on the eve of the war with Japan, she became the first minister of justice of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
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Death
Death of Song Qiyun
Journalist Song Qiyun, a Chinese Communist Party member and editor-in-chief of the Northwest Cultural Daily from 1930 to 1937, is executed on 6 September 1949. Held by the Kuomintang since 1941, he dies alongside his wife Xu Linxia and their youngest son, Song Zhenzhong.
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Death
Death of Song Zhenzhong
Song Zhenzhong, born on 15 March 1941 and known as Little Radish Head, is killed on 6 September 1949 along with his parents, both Chinese Communist Party members, in a mass killing of Kuomintang detainees. Identified as China's youngest martyr, he has been commemorated with several monuments.
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Death
Death of Xu Linxia
Communist activist Xu Linxia is executed on 6 September 1949, together with her husband Song Qiyun and their youngest son. Born in Pi County, she had led the Chinese Communist Party's women's branch there before her arrest by the Kuomintang in 1941.
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Birth
Birth of Henry Tang
Politician Henry Tang Ying-yen is born in Hong Kong on 6 September 1952.
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Birth
Birth of Jacob Cheung
Hong Kong director and producer Jacob Cheung is born in Hong Kong on 6 September 1959. His film Beyond the Sunset won Best Film at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and A Battle of Wits was nominated at the Golden Bauhinia Awards in 2006.
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Birth
Birth of Yumiko Cheng
Hong Kong cantopop singer and actress Yumiko Cheng is born on 6 September 1981. The Japanese nickname, given to her by schoolfriends, became her official stage name.
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Birth
Birth of Xu Jing
Chinese archer Xu Jing is born on 6 September 1990 in Shandong province.
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Birth
Birth of Li Yitong
Actress and singer Li Yitong is born on 6 September 1990. She is known for playing Huang Rong in The Legend of the Condor Heroes in 2017 and Wan Mei in Bloody Romance in 2018.
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Birth
Birth of Lu Yunxiu
Windsurfer Lu Yunxiu is born in Zhangzhou on 6 September 1996. She won gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Birth
Birth of Peng Jianfeng
Chinese diver Peng Jianfeng is born in Jiangmen on 6 September 1994.