ON 9 AUGUST IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on August 9, 2019
1910: Death of Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, born on January 18, 1868
http://www.liuhopafa.com/shaolin.htm
1930: The Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang, predecessor of China Peasants and Workers’ Democratic Party is founded by Deng Yanda, a Kuomintang left-wing leader, in Shanghai http://wiki.china.org.cn/wiki/index.php/Chinese_Peasants_and_Workers_Democratic_Party
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Yanda
1936: Birth of Patrick Tse Yin, Hong Kong film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Tse_Yin
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/tse_patrick.htm
1945: Soviet Union launch its offensive againt Japan in Manchuria
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=167
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria
1952: China adopts its law on national minorities
1972: Birth of A-Mei, Taiwanese pop singer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-mei
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AZDtUI6lg
1974: Birth of Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor, director
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298691/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmBRuFQqpI
2012: Beijing and Taipei sign new trade agreements. New deal provides greater legal protection and cuts custom red tape. Investors in China and Taiwan are promised equal, if not preferential, treatment. In Taiwan, people protest deal fearing mainland colonisation of the island
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing-and-Taipei-sign-new-trade-agreements-25515.html