Today in China History (Part 6)

Historical Events

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1994-12-08 - Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed
1995-02-15 - Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1995-05-15 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1995-08-17 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1996-06-08 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1997-01-03 - The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion USD to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.
1997-02-24 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
1997-03-14 - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality.
1997-06-10 - Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997-07-01 - UK returns Hong Kong to China
1997-08-21 - Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
1997-11-16 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
1997-12-29 - Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China
1998-05-13 - Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped.
1998-10-28 - An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
1999-01-20 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.
1999-02-24 - A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.
1999-05-07 - Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
1999-05-25 - The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
1999-07-20 - Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched.
1999-11-19 - Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
1999-12-20 - Portugal returns Macau to China
2001-01-09 - Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, is launched.
2001-01-23 - The Chinese Communist Party stages a self-immolation in Tiananmen Square to frame Falun Gong and escalate the persecution.
2001-04-11 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
2001-06-14 - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
2001-12-11 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
2001-12-27 - The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002-01-01 - Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2002-04-15 - An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128.
2002-05-07 - A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
2002-05-25 - China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
2002-11-04 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress
2002-11-15 - Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
2003-03-15 - Hu Jintao takes over presidency for the People's Republic of China.
2003-06-01 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
2003-10-15 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
2003-12-23 - PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
2004-02-05 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
2004-08-17 - MD5 collision found by Chinese researchers.
2004-11-26 - Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
2005-01-29 - The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing.
2005-03-12 - Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
2005-03-26 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk.
2005-08-19 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
2005-10-12 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
2005-12-06 - Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
2006-07-01 - The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.
2006-07-06 - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2006-12-13 - The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, announced as extinct.
2007-02-27 - The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
2007-11-05 - China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
2008-05-12 - 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people