WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 29 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 29, 2019
1612: In the Battle of Surat, India, the English fleet beats Portuguese
https://books.google.fr/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=1612+Battle+of+Surat&source=bl&ots=Q_OOOhORr0&sig=EqTbW2DZhJWRRxv1uHC3Qq5tLdU&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi38amovuTOAhVIuhoKHUNjAckQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=1612%20Battle%20of%20Surat&f=false
1842: The Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War and gives Hong Kong to the British
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking
http://china.usc.edu/treaty-nanjing-nanking-1842
http://nankingtreaty.blogspot.fr/2015/01/engraving-of-signing.html
1910: The Japan-Korean Annexation Treaty, signed on August 22, enters in force. Japan changes Korea’s name to Chosen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony
http://www.conservapedia.com/Japan_Korea_Annexation_Treaty
1916: The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Law_(Philippines)
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/549/today-in-philippine-history-august-29-1916-the-philippine-autonomy-act-of-1916-was-approved
1950: Taiwan question is put on United Nations Security Council agenda
1950: British troops arrive in Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29/newsid_3053000/3053107.stm
1966: In Beijing, during the Cultural Revolution, start of a two-day demonstrations in front of the Soviet Union embassy
1972: US president Nixon announces a new withdraw of 12,000 soldiers from Vietnam
2004: India test-launches a nuclear capable missile able to carry a one-ton warhead. The weapon has a range of 1,560 miles
2012: Japan and North Korea begin intergovernmental talks for the first time in four years to mainly discuss the retrieval of the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula during the war.
2013: A preliminary report by a team of United Nations experts has determined that a North Korean cargo ship seized in Panama for carrying weapons violated sanctions, the Panamanian government said
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/29/panama-north-korea-ship-sanctions