ON 12 FEBRUARY IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on February 12, 2019
712: Birth of the famous Tang dynasty poet Du Fu who died in 770
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/tu-fu
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/du-fu.htm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1170.html
1876: Birth of Thubten Gyatso, 13th dalai lama who died on December 17, 1933
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thubten_Gyatso,_13th_Dalai_Lama
1881: Russia imposes new border treaty to China
1895: End of the 23 day siege of Weihaiwei (China) by the Japanese. The sino-japanese war is over
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Weihaiwei
http://sinojapanesewar.com/letter.htm
https://firstsinojapanese.weebly.com/battle-of-weihaiwei.html
1895: Defeated by the Japanese, Admiral Ding Ruchang commits suicide
http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/migata-toshihide-1863-1925/chinese-admiral-ding-ruchang-about-to-commit-suicide-after-surrendering-to-japanese-forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Ruchang
1904: The Chinese government announced strict neutrality in the Russo-Japanese War
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1038.html
1912: Abdication of Chinese Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) the last of Manchu Qing dynasty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-emperor-of-china-abdicates
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/948.html
1912: The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar
1920: Birth of Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician who died on September 7, 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiko_Yamaguchi
http://www.japansociety.org.uk/29953/my-life-as-li-xianglan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeHIONL4cJY
1927: UK troops arrive in Shanghai to protect the British concession
1936: Birth of Fang Lizhi, famous Chinese astrophysicist and dissident who died on April 6, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Lizhi
http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~fanglz/
2016: Death of Yan Su, Chinese general and composer, born in 1930
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/art/2016-02/13/content_23462374.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Su