2014 Event The last protest camp has been removed in Hong Kong; activists staged several camps to demand the right to free elections rather than control of candidates and elections by the Chinese government 2014 Event Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been arrested on corruption charges and ousted from the Communist Party; Zhou is the highest-ranking official to be arrested in Chinese leader Xi Jinxing's campaign to reduce government corruption 2014 Event Police arrest over 140 people and continue clearing away camps formed by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong; the protesters seek autonomy in selection of Hong Kong candidates rather than selection of election choices by the Chinese government 2014 Event Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been denied permission to travel to the mainland; the men sought to fly to Beijing to present their grievances to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 2014 Event After two years of hostility between Japan and China over control of certain islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Linping shake hands during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit 2014 Event 27 hostages have been freed in Cameroon, including the wife of vice prime minister Amadou Ali and a group of Chinese workers; Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible 2014 Event Hong Kong government offices remain closed as protesters continue to demand resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and an end to selection of Hong Kong candidates by the Chinese government 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange; its pre-IPO market valuation of almost $168 billion exceeds that of American e-commerce giant Amazon by over $17 billion 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces second-quarter earnings of over $1.1 billion , more than twice the combined income of U.S e-commerce giants Amazon and Ebay; Alibaba will issue its U.S. IPO in mid-September 2014 Event The Washington, D.C. zoo is holding a Chinese first-birthday ceremony for celebrity giant panda baby Bao Bao; the cub will be sent to China when she turns 4 2014 Event Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital company, reveals that Social Security numbers and other personal data were stolen for 4.5 million patients in April and June; the company believes the attack is the work of Chinese hackers 2014 Event A case of bubonic plague in the Chinese province of Gansu prompts quarantines in parts of the city of Yumen; while outbreaks are rare, the disease can be contracted by contact with fleas from wild rodents 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2014 Event Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, files plans for a U.S. IPO; the offering is expected to be one of the largest in the U.S. and may raise more funding than the Facebook IPO in 2012 2014 Event Chinese auto manufacturer FAW Group begins taking orders for its luxury Red Flag L5 custom-made auto; the vehicle is priced similarly to a Ferrari at approximately $803,000 2014 Event French satellite images confirm Chinese detection of potential debris from missing Malaysian Air Flight 370, which disappeared March 8th 2014 Event Chinese automaker Dongfeng and the French government have each invested in PSA Peugeot Citroen, which ranked as the European car company with the lowest sales of new vehicles last year 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2013 Event Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Bucharest, Romania. The Premier will attend the China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders' meeting as a guest of the Prime Minister 2013 Event Amidst criticism for its lack of help in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, China's 'Peace Ark', a 14,000-ton navy hospital ship, is sent to the Philippines to help its relief efforts'; the country also sent an emergency medical team and a disaster relief team from the Chinese Red Cross 2013 Event The Chinese province of Fujian faces heavy rains and flooding from Typhoon Fitow 2013 Event Shuanghui, a Chinese meat processing company, buys Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion; Smithfield was the world's largest meat processing company 2013 Event The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands 2013 Event Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., publishes a letter to Chinese customers, addressing issues regarding the company's warranty policies in China 2012 Event Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk and his nephew in Sichuan province, for inciting 8 self-immolation protests against Chinese rule 2012 Event The film 'Chinese Zodiac' featuring martial arts star Jackie Chan, will be the last film made by the action star 2012 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, famous for the hallucinatory realism writing style 2012 Event Chinese bookstore suspend the sale of books by or about Japan, and all books by Japanese authors 2012 Event The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement' 2012 Event After weeks of protests, the Hong Kong government backs down on its plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes in its schools 2012 Event Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea. leaving at least four Chinese fishermen dead and another twelve missing 2012 Event In Tokyo, direct trading begins between the Japanese yuan and the Chinese yuan 2012 Event Security chief Zhou Yongkang is asked to be removed by a group of Chinese Communist Party veterans 2012 Event Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese dissident, requests help from the U.S. Congress in his attempt to flee China with his family 2012 Event After Chen Guangcheng flees house arrest, U.S. President Barack Obama refuses to comment on the blind Chinese dissident who reportedly went to the U.S. embassy 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2012 Event As part of a continued tightening on world sanctions on Iran, a Chinese company that insures ships will stop indemnifying tankers carrying Iranian oil 2011 Event In Tibet, several acts of self-immolation prompt exiled Tibetans in India to urge the Chinese government to end its repressive policies restricting the Tibetan's religious freedom 2011 Event China asks Myanmar to protect Chinese corporate interests after Burma's President Thein Sein shut down the Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event A Chinese scientist conducting research on the Tibetan Plateau is reported missing from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's Muztagh Ata glacier 2011 Event The U.S. credit rating is downgraded from A+ to A by the Chinese Dagong Global Credit Rating 2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event In Shanghai, Chinese lorry drivers continue their second day of protest against rising inflation 2011 Event As part of a crackdown on dissent in China, 169 Chinese Christians attempting to hold an outdoor prayer session were detained, then released 2011 Event A record $79 million auction price is paid for Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang's 1988 'Forever Lasting Love' three-panel oil painting 2011 Event Chinese prosecutors claim over 600 people were killed in Yunnan over a seven year period from official misconduct 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 2010 Event A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 2010 Event Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao releases pictures of the moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, taken during China's Chang e-2 lunar mission 2010 Event Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year 2009 Event U.S. Commerce Department imposes high anti-dumping tariffs up to 99% on imports of Chinese tubular goods 2004 Event After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company 2004 Death Iris Chang, Chinese Historian 1999 Event During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1997 Death Deng Xiaoping, head of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 92 1996 Death Ai Qing, modern Chinese poet, dies at 86 1994 Event Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed 1994 Death Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 1993 Event Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed 1993 Event Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed 1992 Death Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Communist Party (1973-76), dies 1992 Event "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 18 performances 1992 Event "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 18 performances 1992 Death Li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies 1991 Death Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide 1990 Event Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1989 Event Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping 1989 Event Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing 1989 Event 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1989 Event Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1989 Event Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press 1989 Event Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1989 Death Hu Yaobang, general secretary of Chinese Commnist Party, dies 1989 Event 1,100,000,000th Chinese born 1989 Event U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value) 1988 Event Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow 1987 Death Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing 1987 Event Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed 1984 Event Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1981 Event New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1980 Birthday Yao Ming, Chinese Athlete 1979 Event Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris 1979 Event Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C. 1976 Death Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese Communist Party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82 1976 Death Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader 1976 Event 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese 1976 Death James Wong Howe, Chinese Director 1976 Event Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping 1976 Death Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, 'My Country and My People' 1976 Death Zhou Enlai, Chinese Statesman 1975 Event Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC 1975 Death Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 1975 Birthday Coco Lee, Chinese Musician 1972 Event President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique 1972 Event President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing 1972 Birthday Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star, WR/OR 50m freestyle 1971 Death Lin Biao, Chinese Politician 1971 Death Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63 1968 Birthday Iris Chang, Chinese Historian 1967 Event Indian/Chinese border fights 1967 Event Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City 1967 Event 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes 1965 Event 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes 1964 Birthday David Freedman, cricketer, NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990 1963 Birthday Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor 1963 Birthday Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts 1962 Event Chinese army lands in India 1962 Event Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1962 Event Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary) 1962 Event Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary 1962 Birthday Stephen Chow, Chinese Actor 1962 Death Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher 1961 Event Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" 1960 Event Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 Birthday Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1959 Event Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1957 Death Ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter, dies at 93 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist 1954 Event 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1952 Event Chinese offensive in Korea 1951 Birthday Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director 1951 Birthday David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Event Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing 1951 Event Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River 1951 Event During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul 1951 Event Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines 1950 Event Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Event Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion 1950 Event Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea 1950 Event South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary 1950 Event Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1949 Event Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa 1949 Event Chinese Communists captured Chungking 1949 Event Chinese Red army occupies Canton 1949 Event Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China 1949 Event British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1949 Event Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai 1949 Event Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing 1949 Event Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China 1948 Event Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 1946 Birthday John Woo, Chinese Director 1945 Event Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung 1945 Event Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 1945 Event Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio 1945 Event Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1944 Event Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front 1944 Event Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1944 Event Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan 1944 Event 1st Chinese naturalized U.S. citizen since repeal of exclusion acts 1943 Event Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front 1942 Birthday Hu Jintao, Chinese Statesman 1941 Birthday Goh Chok Tong, Chinese Statesman 1940 Birthday Gao Xingjian, Chinese Novelist 1939 Event "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood 1937 Event Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast 1937 Event Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1936 Event Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1936 Birthday Yuan T. Lee, Chinese Scientist 1936 Death Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1936 Birthday Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident 1934 Event Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1932 Event Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1931 Event Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol 1931 Event Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung 1928 Birthday Zhu Rongji, Chinese Statesman 1928 Event U.S. acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek 1928 Event U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government 1928 Birthday Li Ka Shing, Chinese Businessman 1928 Death Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered 1927 Event Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1927 Event Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood California 1925 Death Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 1921 Event Chinese Communist Party forms under Henk Sneevliet 1921 Birthday Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist 1920 Death Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies 1919 Birthday Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Statesman 1917 Birthday Jiang Zemin, Chinese Leader 1914 Event Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai 1914 Death Bai Long, White Wolf, Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 1913 Event Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing "2nd Chinese revolution" 1913 Death Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies 1912 Event Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet 1912 Event Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic 1910 Birthday Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature 1910 Birthday Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren 1910 Birthday Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek/President, 1978-88 1910 Event Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 1908 Birthday Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler 1907 Birthday Lin Piau, Chinese politician 1907 Birthday Lin Biao, Chinese Politician 1907 Event Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers 1904 Birthday Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983 1901 Death Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader and viceroy of Tsheli, dies 1900 Event 1st Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF) 1899 Birthday James Wong Howe, Chinese Director 1898 Birthday Zhou Enlai, Chinese Statesman 1896 Event Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1894 Birthday Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese 1894 Event U.S. and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering U.S. 1893 Birthday Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader 1893 Event Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act 1891 Birthday Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher 1889 Birthday Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese 1888 Birthday Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party 1885 Event Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1884 Event U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 Event French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1882 Event Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration 1881 Birthday Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1874 Death Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62 1871 Event Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese 1868 Event Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 1863 Birthday Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter 1859 Birthday Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator 1857 Event Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo 1856 Event Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1854 Event Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo 1852 Event 1st Chinese theater in U.S., Celestial John, opens in San Francisco 1852 Event 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii 1848 Event 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in San Francisco 1843 Event 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname 1839 Event 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1823 Birthday Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton 1811 Birthday Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins 1789 Event Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1788 Event Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 1755 Event Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants 1740 Event Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia 1740 Event Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia 1727 Event Russian and Chinese accord to correct boundaries 1695 Birthday Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General Netherlands-Indies, 1737-41, killed 8,000 Chinese 1662 Event Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates 1661 Event Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan 1636 Birthday Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty 1605 Event Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre 1605 Birthday Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor 1603 Event Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1294 Death Kublai Khan, Chinese Statesman 1215 Birthday Kublai Khan, Chinese Statesman 1181 Event Supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers 1141 Death Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed 1101 Death Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64 1006 Event Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus 772 Birthday Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow 580 Event Chinese invents toilet paper
