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On this Day in Chinese History; 7 May

This day, 7 May, in 1861, Indian polymath and Nobel Prize for Literature winner Rabindranath Tagore was born. A fierce critic of Britain’s opium dumping on China and a denouncer of Japanese imperialism, in 1961, to commemorate his 100th...

On this Day in Chinese History; 6 May

This day, 6 May, 1987, the selection of China’s top ten traditional famous flowers was announced in Shanghai. With nearly 150,000 votes received, the jury, composed of 114 flower experts, finally ruled that plum blossoms, peonies, chrysanthemums, orchids, roses,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 May

This day, 5 May, in 1970, Premier Zhou Enlai congratulated the Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk on the formal establishment of the National Unity Government and announced the formal severance of ties with General Lon Nol. Zhou...

On this Day in Chinese History; 4 May

This day, 4 May, 1919, students from Peking University and more than a dozen schools gathered to demonstrate in front of Tiananmen Square. Their march angrily protested the transfer of Germany’s original rights and interests in Shandong to Japan...

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 May

This day, 3 May, in 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened in Tokyo. Lasting 2 and a half years, its verdict revealed the crimes of Japanese imperialism in planning, preparing and launching atrocities on China,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 May

This day, 2 May, 1895, political thinker and reformer Kang Youwei gathered over 1,000 Imperial Examination candidates in Beijing to jointly submit a letter requesting the Qing government’s refusal to ratify the Treaty of Shimonoseki. This was the first...

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 May

This day, 1 May, in 1908, China first recognised International Labour Day. Dating back to 1889, the Day is the result of the Marxist International Socialist Congress’ meeting in Paris, during which they adopted a resolution in support of...

On this Day in Chinese History; 30 April

This day, 30 April, in 2010, President Hu Jintao announced the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. With 246 countries and international organisations participating, during the following 6 months the Shanghai World Expo would see more than 73 million...
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