ON 20 OCTOBER IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on October 20, 2019
1603: Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~borao/2Profesores/massacre.pdf
1910: Birth of Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright who died on August 27, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Liting
1928: Birth of Li Peng, Chinese prime minister (1987-1998), nicknamed “the butcher of Tian’anmen”
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/li-peng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Peng
1935: In China, end of the Long March. Mao Zedong arrives to Yenan
http://www.history.com/topics/long-march
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maos-long-march-concludes
1945: In a plebiscite reportedly unanimous, Outer Mongolia declared its independence, later accepted by China
https://books.google.fr/books?id=xT9ZCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1906&lpg=PA1906&dq=1945+Outer+Mongolia+declared+its+independence&source=bl&ots=qXEvptZj3i&sig=pJysSVa-jmIBJP_FAFa38pBLTE0&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBGoVChMImo6Rp_POyAIVgn4aCh13BwDm#v=onepage&q=1945%20Outer%20Mongolia%20declared%20its%20independence&f=false
1949: Official end of the Second Eastern Turkestan Republic existing in three districts of Xinjiang since November 12, 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_East_Turkestan_Republic
1962: China launches an offensive again India positions in NEFA and Laddakh up to November 22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War
1962: Birth of Dave Wong, Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer-songwriter
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/wong_dave.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXyhtntNTho
1967: Birth of Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Marco_Ngai
1969: The Sino-Soviet border negotiations resume in Beijing
1971: Second secret trip of Henry Kissinger to Beijing (up to 26)
1973: Dalai Lama makes first UK visit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/newsid_2489000/2489855.stm
1995: Birth of Zhenwei Wang, Chinese actor and martial artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhenwei_Wang
2013: Hong Kong Television Network: Protest over licence ruling. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against what they see as a lack of government transparency and accountability.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24600971