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On this Day in Chinese History; 13 April

This day, 13 April, 1988, the First Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress passed its decision on the establishment of Hainan Province and its resolution on the establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone in an effort to...

On this Day in Chinese History; 12 April

This day, 12 April, in 1847, Rong Hong arrived in New York, USA, to study. Rong (1828-1912), a Cantonese born into a poor peasant family, studied in a church primary school in Macau and the Morrison church school in...

Pears & Poetry! Springtime in Best Kept Secret Water Town; Lili

Way down deep in Suzhou’s south lies the crown jewel in all of China’s Jiangnan water towns. Affording deep contemplation, millennium-old authenticity, untroubled tranquility among the blossoms and credentials in poetry beyond compare; all are about to come knocking...

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 April

This day, 11 April, in 1955, a bomb exploded aboard the Kashmir Princess, or Air India Flight 300, carrying a Chinese and Vietnamese delegation, together with journalists, and flying from Hong Kong to Jakarta, to participate in the Afro-Asian...

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 April

This day, 10 April, in 1971, the American table tennis delegation participating in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, visited China at the invitation of the Chinese delegation. This visit opened the door on the 22...

On this Day in Chinese History; 9 April

This day, 9 April, in 1998, a naval fleet consisting of the guided-missile destroyer “Qingdao”, the training ship “Shichang” and the supply ship “Nancang” set sail from Qingdao to southern waters to participate in the celebrations of the 100th...

On this Day in Chinese History; 8 April

This day, 8 April, in 1968, China, the governments of Tanzania and Zambia signed protocols as to the construction of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, for which the Chinese government provided interest-free loans of approximately ¥1 billion and 50,000 engineering/technical personnel....

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 April

This day, 7 April, in 1938, China secured its first victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War, receiving a moral boost with the Battle of Taierzhuang, commanded by famous KMT general Li Zongren. As per the New York Times, “Military...
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