ON 12 APRIL IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on April 12, 2019
1927: Kuomintang (Guomindang) starts massacre of Communists in Shanghai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12_Incident
http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/shanghai-massacre/
http://hwcahuffman.weebly.com/shanghai-massacre.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/3739.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mOeJjON_iI
1946: Birth of Chen Yifei, Chinese painter who died on April 10, 2005
http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-chen-yifei.php
1972: Chinese Ping-Pong team visits U.S. on two-week tour, including White House reception with President Nixon
https://www.ncuscr.org/content/table-tennis-delegation-1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGG50HwYBHo
1986: Qiao Shi becomes vice Premier minister of China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiao_Shi
1987: Death of Wang Renwei, Chinese actress, born on November 8, 1914
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/3900.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx9iSP8uIhM
2008: During the Boa Forum, in Hainan (China), President Hu Jintao meets Taiwan vice-president Vincent Siew. It is the highest-level contact since 1949
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7343945.stm