ON 16 SEPTEMBER IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on September 16, 2019
1507: Birth of Jiajing (or Chia-ching), Emperor of China from 1521 to 1567, the 11th emperor of the Ming dynasty. Born Zhu Houcong, he was the Zhengde Emperor’s cousin. He died on January 23, 1567
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiajing_Emperor
1782: Birth of Chinese Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850) who died on February 1850
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Daoguang_Emperor
1859: Birth of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, who died on June 6, 1916
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1945: Japan surrender Hong Kong to Admiral Cecil Harcourt
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208363
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2018/07/15/admiral-harcourt-arrives-in-hong-kong/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdMmBZxU9c
1957: Death of Chinese painter Qi Baishi, born in January 1864
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Qi_Baishi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Baishi
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Qi+Baishi&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=o2FyTuKhKaqL4gT9t5jpDw&ved=0CDgQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643
1965: China demands that India dismantles in the coming three days its military buildings on Sikkim border
1966: Beijing says that two US war planes have attacked two Chinese hamlets on September 9. (On September 19 Washington admitted saying there was an mistake with North Vietnam targets)
1971: President Nixon says the U.S. will support the P.R.C.’s seating in the U.N. Security Council because it “reflects the realities of the situation,” but adds that “we will vote against the expulsion of the Republic of China.”
1981: Birth of Chang Yu-chen, Taiwanese actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Jia_Hui
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Yu_Chen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13p9siBn4Y
1981: Birth of Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98IjlEFzWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZ5ZyyO9O4
1982: Start of North Korea leader Kim Il-sung visit to China
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/16/world/kim-il-sung-visits-china-by-rail.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zhang-weiwei/deng-xiaoping-remembered_b_5706143.html
1990: A rail link between China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding an important connection to the Eurasian Land Bridge
2012: Anti-Japan démonstrations gain momentum outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, where Chinese demonstrators have been protesting over a group of disputed islands for a second day running
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/09/anti-japan-protests-in-china/100370/
http://www.france24.com/en/20120916-anti-japan-outcry-escalates-east-china-sea-islands-protests-embassies-Beijing