ON 29 JUNE IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on June 29, 2018
226: Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Pi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Rui
1900: The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater attacks
1923: Birth of Chou Wen-chung, Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/china/Chou.htm
1932: USSR and China sign a non-aggression treaty
1939: Birth of Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor, who died of a heart attack on November 2, 2002
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516316/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfi0fYz9O4U
1981: Resignation of conservative Hua Guofeng, heir of Mao Zedong, as chairman of the Central committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He is succeeded by reformist Hu Yaobang
1989: US Congress votes new sanctions against China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-votes-new-sanctions-against-china
2007: Death of Edward Yang, Taiwanese firm director
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/arts/02yang.html
http://filmalert.blogspot.com/2007/07/death-of-edward-yang-1947-2007.html
2010: Taiwan and China sign a landmark trade agreement – some 60 years after the island cut ties with the Chinese mainland. Under the new deal, tariffs on goods traded between the two sides will be scrapped and Taiwanese firms is to have access to services on the Mainland
http://www.bbc.com/news/10442557
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-and-taiwan-sign-historic-trade-pact-2013330.html
2012: Three astronauts have returned to Earth after achieving China’s first manual docking in orbit, a milestone in the country’s effort to build a space station by the end of the decade.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/06/201262924331771678.html
2014: China’s top official in charge of relations with Taiwan returns to Beijing, hailing his visit to the self-ruled island as « historic », despite violent protests that forced him to cancel several meetings
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-official-cancels-events-in-taiwan-amid-violent-protests/1947154.html
2015 : China hosts the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new international financial institution set to rival the World Bank and Asian Development Bank
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33307314
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2015-06/29/content_15283452.html