ON 16 JUNE IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on June 16, 2019
1407: During the Ming–Hồ War, retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93H%E1%BB%93_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_dynasty
1924: In China, the Whampoa military academy is inaugurated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Military_Academy
http://www.republicanchina.org/Whampoa_Military_Academy.pdf
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/5758.html
1962: Birth of Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/wong_yiu_ming.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upplxd05O44
1978: Beijing demands the closing of the Vietnamese consulates in South China
1978: Birth of Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Leong
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/05/09/1042@355492.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLH6OmOCL-E
1980: Birth of Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Yung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xqg0kAa5pU
2005: In Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, gets the support of 710 of the great electors and will become the second Chief of the Executive of the Special administrative Region after appointment by Beijing
2012: China launches its first female space traveller aboard a rocket that blasted off from the Gobi Desert on one of the country’s most ambitious space missions yet.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/06/2012616104437633910.html
2014: Chinese authorities execute 13 people for « terrorist attacks and violent crimes » in the violence-wracked northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media said
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/asia/china-executions/index.html?hpt=ias_c2