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On this Day in Chinese History; 15 August

This day, 15 August, in 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced the surrender of Imperial Japan to the Allies. After 8 years of bloody struggle, the Chinese people finally ushered in the final victory in their War of Resistance...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 August

This day, 14 August, in 1961, Kwame Nkrumah, President and Head of Government of the Republic of Ghana, was invited to pay an official visit to China. The Chinese government attached great importance to his visit and gave him...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 August

This day, 13 August, in 1992, the People’s Republic of China’s State Council decided to open five further cities along the Yangtze River to the outside world, namely Chongqing, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang and Wuhu. 1992年8月13日的这一天,中华人民共和国国务院决定向外界开放长江沿岸的五个城市,即重庆、岳阳、武汉、九江和芜湖。

On this Day in Chinese History; 12 August

This day, 12 August, in 2011, the 26th Summer Universiade opened in Shenzhen. Nearly 10,000 university student athletes from 152 countries and regions around the world participated in the competition. Leaders from Sri Lanka, Fiji, Ethiopia, Romania, Bolivia, Mozambique,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 August

This day, 11 August, in 1872, the first 30 government-sent overseas students in Chinese history set off for the United States. They would be followed by four batches of 120 government-funded students, who would upon their return all play...

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 August

This day, 10 August, in 1911, the Oing Navy cruiser, "Haiqi", visited New York Harbour in the United States. The Haiqi had set sail from its Shanghai anchorage, passing through the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Aden, Suez Canal,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 9 August

This day, 9 August, in 1953, Chinese swimmer, Wu Chuanyu, won the men's 100-metre backstroke championship with a time of 1 minute, 8.4 seconds, at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, Romania, becoming the first...

On this Day in Chinese History; 8 August

This day, 8 August, in 1990, the People's Republic of China resumed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Indonesia, after the relationship between the two countries deteriorated in 1965. In 1989, then Foreign Minister, Qian Oichen, went to Japan...

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