ON 10 JANUARY IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on January 10, 2019
9: The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Mang
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/wangmang.html
1914: Yuan Shikai, president of the new Chinese republic, dissolves parliament and prepares a constitution of his own design: he will set himself up as dictator, preparatory to an attempt to make himself emperor
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/433.html
1914: Birth of Yu Kuo-hwa, Taiwan’s Prime Minister (1984-1989) who died on October 4, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Kuo-hwa
1946: In China, the Consultative political Council (Guomindang) decides to convene a National assembly
1946: A truce is reached between Communists and Nationalists, but fighting soon resumes
1949: During the Chinese civil war, end of the decisive Huaihai Campaign (淮海戰役) or Battle of Xu-Beng) It was one of the few conventional battles of the war. 550,000 troops of the Republic of China were surrounded and destroyed by the communist People’s Liberation Army
http://everything.explained.today/Huaihai_Campaign/
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_43.htm
1963: Sri Lanka Premier, Ms Bandaranaike, in China up to January 15. She is in charge of a good-will mission between India and China
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwifqpmmoJ3KAhUB1BoKHfKUD64QFggoMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org%2Fdocument%2F114792.pdf%3Fv%3Dd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&usg=AFQjCNH_LeNq16dO0wSkousAfjazu6e_Qg&sig2=83Bi0kfMUGDH7tJuaq3r2Q
1990: China lift martial law imposed after Tian’anmen Square massacre
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/80707/CHINESE-LIFT-MARTIAL-LAW-IN-BEIJING.html?pg=all
2006: Kim Jong Il starts a week-long secret visit in China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4614848.stm
2016: Thousands of people in Hong Kong attend a protest rally following the disappearance of five booksellers from a shop known for selling works critical of China
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35277199
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/thousands-march-hong-kong-missing-publishers-160110091351001.html
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/10/hongkongers-gather-at-chinese-embassy-in-london-to-demand-release-of-missing-booksellers/