ON 24 DECEMBER IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on December 24, 2018
502: Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Liang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Tong
759: Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di
http://totallyhistory.com/du-fu/
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at/dufu/df01.html
1900: During the Boxer Rebellion, foreign powers present the Chinese Empress with their list of ‘irrevocable conditions’ before their nations will withdraw troops from China
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/boxer_rebellion.htm
1924: Birth of Qiao Shi, Chinese politician, chairman of People’ National Assembly (1993-1998)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiao_Shi
1937: During the Japanese invasion of China, the Nippon troops enter Hangzhou
1941: Japanese launch the third battle of Changsha
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=184
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1942)
1966: Because the Cultural Revolution, arrest of Peng Dehuai, the former Defense Minister of China and hero of the Korea War
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/pengdehuai.shtml
http://maoist.wikia.com/wiki/Peng_Dehuai
1967: China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor
1986: After those in Shanghai, Beijing students in Beijing demands more democracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/24/world/protests-by-students-spread-to-beijing.html
2002: Chinese dissident Xu Wenli, condemned to 13 years in jail in 1998 for his partipation in the setting up of China Democratic Party is exiled to the USA. He had already spend 12 years in jail for his participation to the 1989 events
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2603621.stm
2017: China’s first domestic large amphibious aircraft makes maiden flight
http://english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2017-12/25/content_7881967.htm
http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/24/maiden-flight-of-amphibious-plane
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42471045