This day, 12 May, in 2008, a massive earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale occurred in Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province. Felt in nearly half of China, with skyscrapers in Nanjing noticeably moving, this was the largest earthquake...
This day, 11 May, 2000, the Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organisation was held in Geneva. 104 countries, including China and three intergovernmental organisations signed the final document, confirming that the new Patent Law Treaty had been...
This day, 10 May, in 2022, the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) marked its centennial. As per Global Times, “Xi stressed the history and significance of the CYLC as the bridge between the CPC and the young...
This day, 9 May, in 1997, during an interview with CNN, President Jiang Zemin said, “I don’t believe that China and the United States are going to have a conflict. China suffered grievously from foreign aggression and expansion in...
This day, 8 May (Beijing time 05:45), 1999, during NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in Operation Allied Force, five US missiles struck the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Despite being claimed an accident, evidence otherwise emerged revealing the Embassy was used...
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...
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,...
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...
