ON 1st APRIL IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on April 1, 2019
325: Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Cheng_of_Jin
528: The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the “Emperor” as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu but deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day. She was the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognised
http://www.snipview.com/q/Daughter%20of%20Emperor%20Xiaoming%20of%20Northern%20Wei
1085: Death of Shenzong, the sixth emperor (1067-1085) of the Chinese Song dynasty, born on 25 May 1048
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shenzong_of_Song_China
1927: Chiang Kai-shek decides to launch the anti-communist “party purge”
1928: Chiang Kai-shek’s army crosses the Yangzijiang to conquer northern China
1949: After three years of fighting, the Communist Party of China helds unsuccessful peace talks with Kuomintang
1950 : Establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India
1955: Death of Lin Huiyin, Chinese female architect and writer, born on June 6, 1904
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Huiyin
1969: Opening of the IXth congress of the Chinese Communist Party, up to March 24
1981: Birth of Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Chan
http://www.alivenotdead.com/aimeechan
2001: An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese fighter jet which pilot is killed. The American crew makes an emergency landing on Hainan Island and detained eleven days by the Chinese authorities
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?us_military_specific_cases_and_issues=us_military_tmln_spy_plane_crash_in_china&timeline=us_military_tmln
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL30946.pdf
2001: The Dalai Lama begins a visit to Taiwan despite the opposition of Beijing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1252478.stm
2003: Death of Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer, born on September 12, 1956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Cheung
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002000/
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Leslie+Cheung&sk=&sc=1-13&mid=AA6CF743A98BA18CF7F2AA6CF743A98BA18CF7F2&FORM=LKVR8#
2009: China and France agree to restore high-level contacts, ending a rift that began after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama last year
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7976396.stm
2012: Thousands of Hong Kong people stage a noisy protest against the city’s incoming government chief and decried Beijing’s alleged interference in the city’s recent leadership election
2014: China will neither accept nor participate in international arbitration unilaterally pushed forward by the Philippines on the South China Sea disputes, said a commentary published by the state-run People’s Daily