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Events in the year2008 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party:Hu Jintao
- President:Hu Jintao
- Premier:Wen Jiabao
- Vice President:Zeng Qinghongto March 16,Xi Jinping
- Vice Premier:Wu Yito March 16,Li Keqiang
- Congress Chairman:Wu Bangguo
- Conference Chairman:Jia Qinglin
Governors
[edit]- Governor of Anhui Province–Wang Sanyun
- Governor of Fu gian Province–Huang Xiaojing
- Governor of Gansu Province–Xu Shousheng
- Governor of Guangdong Province–Huang Huahua
- Governor of Guizhou Province–Lin Shusen
- Governor of Hainan Province–Luo Baoming
- Governor of Hebei Province–Guo Gengmao(until April),Hu Chunhua(starting April)
- Governor of Heilong gian g Province–Li Zhanshu
- Governor of Henan Province–Li Chengyu(until unknown),Guo Gengmao(starting April)
- Governor of Hubei Province–Luo Qingquan
- Governor of Hunan Province–Zhou Qiang
- Governor of Jiangsu Province–Liang Baohua(until January),Luo Zhijun(starting January)
- Governor of Jiangxi Province–Wu Xinxiong
- Governor of Jilin Province–Han Changfu
- Governor of Liaoning Province–Chen Zhenggao
- Governor of Qinghai Province–Song Xiuyan
- Governor of Shaanxi Province–Yuan Chunqing
- Governor of Shandong Province–Jiang Daming
- Governor of Shanxi Province–Meng Xuenong(until September),Wang Jun(starting December)
- Governor of Sichuan Province–Jiang Jufeng
- Governor of Yunnan Province–Qin Guangrong
- Governor of Zhe gian g Province–Lü Zushan
Events
[edit]January
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- January 25 –2008 Chinese winter storms:China's worst snowstorm since 1954, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country. According to Chinese news agencyXinhuareport, 133 killed by 2008 China blizzard with snowstorm during January and February.[1]
- 2008 Republic of China legislative election
February
[edit]- Edison Chen photo scandal
- The price of food continues its sharp rise, jumping by as much as 23% from January.[2]
March
[edit]- March 14 –2008 Tibetan unrest:Demonstrations byTibetanseparatists turn violent as rioters target government andHan Chinese-owned buildings.
- March 17 –2nd Asian Film Awardswere given in a ceremony at theHong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centreas part of theHong Kong International Film Festival.
- 2008 National People's Congress
- 2008 People's Republic of China presidential election
- 2008 Republic of China presidential election
- 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration
April
[edit]- April 1 – Ren Xiaofeng and Ma Xiangjing, the perpetrators of thelargest bank robbery in Chinese history,are executed.[citation needed]
- April 14 –27th Hong Kong Film Awards
- April 28 –2008 China Railways train T195 accident:71 die in a train crash inShandong,China.[3]
- Protests in London, Paris and San Francisco during2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
- 2008 Demonstrations against Carrefour supermarket chain
- TankerAn Yue Jiangcontaining arms sold to Zimbabwe refused entry into Southern Africa.
- Miss Tourism Queen International
May
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- May 11 – China Commercial Aircraft Corporation (COMAC) was founded.[citation needed]
- May 12 –2008 Sichuan earthquake:Over 70,000 killed in central south-westChinaby theWenchuan quake,an earthquake measuring 7.9Moment magnitude scale.The epicenter is 90 kilometers (56 mi) west-northwest of the provincial capitalChengdu,Sichuanprovince.
- May 20 –Ma Ying-jeouandVincent Siew,both of theKuomintangParty, sworn in asPresidentandVice President of the Republic of China.
- PresidentHu JintaovisitsJapan,meets withYasuo Fukuda,makes speech atWaseda University.
June
[edit]- June 4–8 –2008 Jiangsu Snooker Classic
- June 10 – The 270 ton sport fishing vessel Lien Ho of Taiwan suffered a collision with a Japanese patrol vessel, Koshiki, and subsequently sank, while in the disputed territorial waters around theDiaoyutai Islandsthat have been claimed by Japan and Taiwan (ROC). The Taiwanese crew who were aboard the vessel claims that the larger Japanese frigate deliberately crashed into them; their assertions are backed up by recently released video footage.[4]
- June 13 –Gas leak kills six and injures 28 at Chinese fertiliser factory (Wikinews)
- June 14–22 –2008 Shanghai International Film Festival
- June 20 – Colonel Wang Hui-hsien, a former Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) analyst, is arrested in Taiwan on charges of selling state secrets to Mainland China.[5]
- June 22 – Controversial journalistLu Kengpasses away at age 89.
- June 28 – The2008 Guizhou riottakes place following the alleged cover-up by authorities over the death of a teenage girl.
- Meetings between thePRCandROCtake place, improvingCross-strait relations.
- Summer2008 South China floods
- The Chinese government buysMount ToromochoCopper Mine inPerufor US$3 billion, with potentially two billion tonnes of copper ore. The deal was brokered byChinalco,a PRC-government owned company.[6]
- TheRepublic of China(Taiwan) reasserts claim to theDiaoyutai Islands.[7][8]
- China's national soccer team is victorious over the AustralianSocceroosteam during theFIFA World Cupqualifier atSydney Olympic Stadiumfor the first time in history. The resulting 1–0 defeat for theSoccerooswas their first home defeat in a World Cup qualifier in 27 years.[9]
July
[edit]- July 1 – A joblessBeijingresidentYang Jiakilled six police officers in aShanghaipolice station.
- Resumption ofWeekend Cross-strait chartersbetween Taiwan and Mainland China after 59 years.
- July 4 –Chinese Wikipedia unblocked by government (Wikinews)
- July 10 – Migrant workers riot inZhe gian gprovince in Eastern China for three days, which originated from quarrels between workers and police.[10][11][12]
- July 16 –2008 Chinese milk scandal:Gansu Province reports to theMinistry of Healththat sixteen infants in Gansu Province who had been fed on milk powder produced byShijiazhuang-basedSanlu Groupwere diagnosed with kidney stones.
- July 17 – The ChineseNational People's Congressholds a press conference and releases mid-year financial statistics on the nation's GDP.[13]
- July 17–21 –2008 Stanković Continental Champions' Cupheld inHangzhou.
- July 21 –Bomb blasts in Southern China,targeting commuter buses.[14]
- July 28 –Typhoon Fung-wongstrikesFu gian,China.
- Six party talksonNorth Korea's nuclear weapons programcontinue in Beijing.
- Typhoon Kalmaegistrikes areas in China.
- Chinese officials claim to have foiled a terrorist plot against theShanghai Stadium.[15]
August
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- August 3 –The International Olympic Committee and Chinese organizers announce that all Internet restrictions have been lifted for media covering the Beijing Games.
- August 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible from China.
- August 4 –2008 Xin gian g attack
- August 5 – A 6.0Mwaftershockof the2008 Sichuan earthquakeaffectsQingchuan County.Four people were killed and twenty-nine were injured.[16]
- August 8 –2008 Summer Olympicsopening ceremony
- August 12 –Floodsandlandslidesassociated withTropical Storm Kammurikill 28 people in southwestChinaand force 11,000 people from their homes.[17]
- August 14 –2008 Summer Olympics:China'sLiu Zigewins the2008 Beijing Olympics'women's 200 meters butterflygold setting a world record of two minutes and 04.18 seconds.[18]
- August 19 –2008 Ying gian g earthquakes
- August 21 -2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
- August 26 –2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions
- August 30 –2008 Panzhihua earthquake:A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the southern Sichuan province, causing over 40 deaths, the collapse of 10,000 homes and damage to other infrastructure in the area.
- Leung Chin-man appointment controversy
September
[edit]- September 2 – Further flooding occurs in coastal China.[19]
- September 5 – Investigation and trial of former ROC PresidentChen Shui-Bianover corruption charges.[20][21]
- September 7 –2008 Hong Kong legislative election
- September 8 –2008 Shanxi mudslide
- The2008 Chinese milk scandal,afood safety incidentinvolving milk andinfant formulawhich had been adulterated withmelamine,broke on 9 September.[22]
- September 10 – Chinesevideo sharingwebsiteTudoureceives itsSARFTlicense.[23]
- September 15–21 –2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open
- September 18 – Anopen betaof thehigh-definitionchannel of the Chinesevideo sharingwebsiteTudou,also known asHeidou,is released for public use.
- September 20 – Fuhua Mining Co. Ltd.,coal mineaccident (3:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. GMT Friday) inHegangcity,Heilong gian gprovince, where initially 5 miners were killed, and 27 trapped. On September 27, a total of 31 miners died.[24]
- September 21 –2008 Shenzhen club fire
- September 25 – The thirdhuman spaceflightmission of theChinese space program,Shenzhou 7,is launched.
- September 26 – First public release of Anti-Japan War Online, a locally developed patrioticMMORPGgame, released in China.
- September 27 –Shenzhou 7Zhai Zhigangfirst Chinese person tospacewalk
- September 28 –13th Computer Olympiadheld inBeijing.(to 5 October)
- September 29 –Shanghai Masters 2008(to 5 October)
- September 30 –Rendition of Zhou Yongjunby Hong Kong to the PRC
October
[edit]- October 6 –2008 Damxung earthquake
- October 20 – Windows Genuine Advantageintroduced onto Chinese language computers,causing issues for the large majority of users in China running anunauthorized copyofMicrosoft Windows
- October 20 – Japanese and Chinese students clash at theShanghai International Studies University,[25]sparking mass violence within the campus and controversy regardingAnti-Japanese sentimentamong Chinese youths. Ten police vehicles were dispatched to quell the violence.[26]
- October 21 – Zhang Mingqing ( trương minh thanh ), Beijing official for the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, was attacked byTaiwan Independenceactivists.[27][28][29][30]
- October 23 –Chinese dissidentHu JiawinsEuropean Union human rights prize
- October 30 –Evermore Office suite 2009downloaded 5.3 million times since Microsoft began its anti-copying measures with Windows Genuine Advantage.[31][32]
November
[edit]- November 3 –Second Chen-Chiang summit
- November 4 –2008 Taiwan-China Cross Straits Economic Pact
- November 7 –2008 Shenzhen anti-police riot
- November 9 –2008 Chinese economic stimulus plan
- November 14 – The Chinese fishing vesselFV Tianyu No. 8was seized bySomali pirateswhile fishing off the coast ofKenya.[33][34]
- November 17 –2008 Longnan riot
- November 18–23 –2008 China Open Super Series
- November 24–30 –2008 Hong Kong Super Series
- November 25 –Dongguantoy factory riot[35]
- November 28 –Wo Weihanexecuted on spying for Taiwan charges
- Miss International 2008
- Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2008–09
- Lien ChenmeetsHu JintaoatAPEC Peru 2008,highest level cross-strait exchange since 1949
December
[edit]- December 3 – Internet cafes inNanchang,are required to install theChineseLinux distributionRed Flag Linuxas a replacement for unlicensed versions of the popularMicrosoft Windowsoperating system, or switch to legitimate copies of Microsoft Windows.
- December 10 –Charter 08
- December 13 – The leaders ofChina,JapanandSouth Koreameet inFukuoka, Japanfor atrilateral meetingpromoting political ties.[36]
- December 17 – TheMV Zhenhua 4,a Chinese fishing boat owned byChina Communications Construction,was hijacked bySomali pirateson the way back toShanghai,but deterred as crews radioed for help. The 30 crew members fought for four hours after nine pirates armed with rocket launchers and heavy machine guns boarded the ship. AMalaysianwarship,Sri Indera Saktiand Malaysian military helicopter arrived and fired on the pirates, who fled the scene. No crew members were injured.[37][38]The crew used water cannons,molotov cocktailsand beer bottles to defend against the pirates, whom were fully armed.[39]
- December 18 –Chinese warshipsdepart for theGulf of Adenin response to the growing threat ofSomali pirates.[40][41][42]This is the first time China has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.
Sports
[edit]- January 6: 2nd leg of the2008 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
- January 8 and 11:2008 Lunar New Year Cup
- January 19:2007–08 Hong Kong League Cup(to 22 March)
- January 24:2008 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
- January 25 – 27:International Youth Football Invitation Tournament 2008inHong Kong.
- February 18 – 24:Women's East Asian Cup 2008
- March 5 – June 24:East Asian Cup 2008
- March 15 – 16:MLB China Series
- March 24 and 30:China Open 2008 (snooker)
- March 28 – 30:2008 Hong Kong Sevens
- April 18 – 20:2008 World Fencing Championshipsheld at theOlympic Green Convention CenterinBeijing,China.
- April 23:2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup
- May 2 – 4:2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix
- May 29 – June 1:2008 UCI BMX World Championshipstook place inTaiyuan,China.
- August – 2008–09 HKFA 7-A-Side Competition
- August 8 – 24:2008 Summer Olympics
- September 6 – 17:2008 Summer Paralympics
- October 17 – 19:2008 Chinese Grand Prix
- October 3 – 18:World Mind Sports Gamesheld inBeijing,China.
- November 9 – 16:2008 Tennis Masters Cup
- November 9:2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China
- November 22 – 29:2008 AIBA Women's World Bo xing Championshipheld inNingbo City.
Births
[edit]- August 18 –Gordey Kolesov,Russian-Chinese prodigy
Deaths
[edit]
- January 16 –Chen Xilu,80,Roman CatholicBishopofHengshui,organ failure.[43]
- January 26 –Zhang Hanzhi,72,diplomatandlinguist,English tutor forMao,Nixoninterpreter for1972 visit,lung-related illness.[44]
- February 21 –Tian Bao,92, government official, one of the first ethnicTibetansto joinMao Zedong's army and embraceCommunism.[45]
- February 25 –Charles Chan,93, father of actorJackie Chan,prostate cancer.[46]
- April 4 –Wu Xueqian,87, politician,foreign minister(1982–1988).[47]
- April 5 –Wang Donglei,23,footballer,car accident.[48](Chinese)
- June 24 –Shao Hua,69,photographer,PLAmajor general,daughter-in-lawofMao Zedong.[49]
- August 20 –Hua Guofeng,87,premier(1976–1980),chairman of the Chinese Communist Party(1976–1981).[50]
- August 24 –Wei Wei,88, poet and writer,liver cancer.[51]
- September 14 –Mu Tiezhu,59,basketballplayer,heart attack.[52]
- October 5 –Kim Chan,93/94?,Chinese-bornAmericanactor.[53]
- October 18 –Xie Jin,84,film director.[54]
- October 24 –Xiao Ke,101, general in thePeople's Liberation Army,illness.[55]
- October 28 –Kung Te-cheng,88, Chinese-bornTaiwanese77th generation descendant ofConfucius,heartandrespiratory failure.[56]
- November 1 –Tan Jiazhen,100,geneticist[57]
- November 10 –Li Ximing,82,BeijingChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary.[58]
- November 26 –Yang Jia,28,mass murderer,executed.[59]
- November 28 –Wo Weihan,59,biochemist,executed.[60]
See also
[edit]- List of Chinese films of 2008
- 2008 in Chinese football
- 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration
- Chinese Football Association Yi League 2008
- Chinese Football Association Jia League 2008
- Chinese Super League 2008
- Hong Kong League Cup 2008–09
Tropical Typhoons of 2008
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