ON 28 JANUARY IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on January 28, 2019
1701: The Chinese storm Dartsedo inTibet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dartsedo
1833: Birth of Charles George ‘Chinese’ Gordon, British soldier and administrator who died on January 26, 1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/11.html
1915: Birth of Nien Cheng, Chinese-born American writer, who died on November 2, 2009
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/95739.Nien_Cheng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Death_in_Shanghai
1932: The « Shanghai Incident » or First Battle of Shanghai : Japanese forces attack Shanghai
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=114
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28_Incident
1945: World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road
http://www.worldwar2history.info/Burma/Road.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Road
1958: The government of the People’s Republic of China establishes the simplified writing of the Chinese characters (ideograms)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters
1967: Birth of Jan Lamb, Hong Kong disc jockey & stand-up comedian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lamb
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1169
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28BTlaPbWcA
1977: Birth of Zhao Tao, Chinese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Tao
1981: Vietnam suggests to withdraw its forces from Cambodia if China agrees to sign a non-agression pact with the three Indochina countries
1983:The China’s general chief of staff, Yang Dezhi, declares in Bangkok that China will help Thailand in case of Vietnamese raids
1989: Death of Rinpoche (Choekyi Gyaltsen), the 10th Panchen Lama, born on February 19, 1938
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choekyi_Gyaltsen
http://unpo.org/article/10529
2007: Death in a car accident of Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress, born on November 13, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Hsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSRliLlzQY
2013: Death of Xu Liangying, Chinese physicist, historian, and philosopher, born on May 2, 1920
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/world/asia/xu-liangying-92-scientist-and-democracy-advocate.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/science/22prof.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
2013: Journalists in Hong Kong issue a petition urging the government to scrap a proposed law limiting the personal data corporate directors must make publicly available. Critics argue the amendment will restrict press freedom and protect potentially corrupt directors from public scrutiny of their business holdings
http://www.voanews.com/content/hong-kong-journalists-protest-proposal-to-restrict-information/1592069.html
2014: Japan goverment risking further irking their close neighbors China and South Korea announces that textbooks were being changed to make it clear that two sets of remote islands at the center of sovereignty disputes are integral parts of their territory
http://apjjf.org/2014/12/13/Koide-Reiko/4101/article.html
2016: Taiwan president visits disputed islands despite US criticism
http://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-president-visits-disputed-islands-despite-us-criticism/a-19008594
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2016-01/28/content_15379710.html
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/01/29/2003638307/1