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On this Day in Chinese History; 15 July

This day, 15 July, 1979, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council approved two reports from the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Fujian Provincial Committee on implementing special policies and flexible measures for foreign economic activities, moving...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 July

This day, 14 July, 1976, the 1,860-kilometre long Tanzania-Zambia Railway, built with Chinese assistance, was officially opened to traffic. Construction began in October 1970 and track laying was completed in June 1975. With terrain along the route complex and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 July

This day, 13 July, 2001, Beijing won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 at the 112th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Moscow. Upon hearing the news, a tidal wave of cheers...

On this Day in Chinese History; 12 July

This day, 12 July, in 1937, Zhang Hanhui, an early underground member of the Communist Party of China, composed “Along the Songhua River” in Xi’an. Zhang wrote both the lyrics and music for the song that depicted life for...

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 July

This day, 11 July, in 1405, Zheng He set sail from Nanjing on the first of seven voyages that would go as far as Africa. These southwestward voyages raised the international reputation of the Ming Dynasty, broadened the horizons...

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 July

This day, 10 July, 1929, the Chinese Eastern Railway Incident broke out. On that day, Zhang Xueliang took over the jurisdiction of the Chinese Eastern Railway by force, dismissed the Soviet personnel from the railway management and deported them,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 9 July

This day, 9 July, in 1971, then US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger feigned illness while in Pakistan to make a 48-hour secret visit to China. There, Premier Zhou Enlai and Kissinger held talks for 11 hours, reaching an...

On this Day in Chinese History; 8 July

This day, 8 July, in 1994, DPRK Chairman Kim Il Sung passed away. The condolence message from China read, “Comrade Kim Il Sung always enthusiastically maintained and developed the traditional friendship between the Chinese and Korean peoples. The deep...
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