ON 17 MAY IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on May 17, 2019
290: Death of Sima Yan (Jin Wudi), Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty, born in 236
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Jin
http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Sima_Yan
1900: In China, three villages within 100 miles of Peking are burned by Boxers and 60 Chinese Christians killed.
1944: Chinese/US arm forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myitkyina_Airport
1967: In Hong Kong, beginning of fights between police and Maoist demonstrators till December
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_Leftist_riots
https://everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org/2016/03/03/the-cultural-revolution-in-hong-kong-in-1967/
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/67nov/hk1167.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJaoi0yTVoQ
1995: The Chinese authorities arrest the six year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, recognized by the Dalai Lama as the successor of the 10th Panchen Lama, and his family. Since nobody knows what happened to them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedhun_Choekyi_Nyima
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4551425.stm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dorjee-tseten/chinas-worst-kept-secret-_b_7308598.html
2010: Death of Walasse Ting, Chinese/American painter, born on October 13, 1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walasse_Ting
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Wallace+Ting&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=HJ6zT7GUKdSXhQf_jpX8CA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ&biw=601&bih=536
2014: The Chinese government has evacuated more than 3,000 of its nationals from Vietnam following a wave of anti-Chinese riots
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27458866
2017 : Fiji closes its representative office in Taipei
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/05/18/2003670817