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1942 In China
Events in the year 1942 in China. Incumbents *President: Lin Sen *Premier: Chiang Kai-shek *Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi Events * Beginning of the Chinese famine of 1942-43 *April 26 - a gas and coal dust explosion in the Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners. *mid May-early September - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign * A cholera epidemic in Yunnan province kills around 200 peopleSARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic?, By Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson, p. 10 Births January *January 16 — Zhao Zhongxiang, news anchor (d. 2020 in China, 2020) February *Huang Zhiquan (politician, born 1942), Huang Zhiquan, former Politics of Jiangxi, Governor of Jiangxi Province March *March 10 — Li Zhilun, 6th Ministry of Supervision, Minister of Supervision of China (d. 2007 in China, 2007) *Ablet Abdureshit, 8th Xinjiang#Politics, Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region April *April 30 — James Soong, Taiwanese politician July *July 6 — Wang Zhizhen, biophysicist *Guo Boxiong, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ablet Abdureshit
Ablet Abdureshit (; ; born March 1942) was the Chairman of Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. He served as the vice chairman of 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Biography He was born in Yining in March 1942, joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1960 and started working in September 1965. He graduated from department of electrical mechanics of Xinjiang Institute of Technology, and holds the title of senior engineer. From 1991 to 1993, he served as vice chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 1993, he was appointed acting chairman and vice party chief of Xinjiang. He was confirmed as the chairman of the region in 1994 and served this post until 2003. From January to May 2003, he was the chairman of Xinjiang People's Congress. He was elected to vice chairman of 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Xiangjian
He Xiangjian (, born October 5, 1942) is the co-founder of Midea, one of China's largest appliance makers. In September 2021, his net worth was estimated to be $28.8 billion by '' Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', positioning him at the 51st place in the index. Life In 1968 Beijiao, Guangdong, He formed the lid production company that would become Midea. He stepped down from operations of Midea in 2012. He is married with three children and lives in Foshan in Junlan International Golf Life Village, a villa neighbourhood developed by Midea Real Estate Group. He is a noted art collector and founded the He Art Museum, a privately funded non-profit museum designed by Pritzker Prize winner Tadao Ando. It is reported that there was an attempted kidnapping of He in June 2020. Assailants are alleged to have broken in to He's villa at Foshan, He's son, He Jianfeng, escaping and alerting local police, who are said to have rescued He and arrested five suspects. References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Hong Kong
The following lists events from 2014 in Hong Kong. Incumbents * Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive - Leung Chun-ying Events February * February 14 - The Hong Kong Marathon, 2014 Hong Kong Marathon took place. Feyera Gemeda and Rehima Kedir won the men's and women's races in 2:15:05 and 2:34:53 hours, respectively. March * March - ''Hongkonger'' and ''Hong Kongese'' were officially added to the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. * March 28-30 - 2014 Hong Kong Sevens, a Rugby sevens, rugby tournament, took place. There were four knockout stages in the tournament and each team that won its knockout stage was declared a champion. April * April 13 - 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards took place. July * July 1 - An annual Hong Kong 1 July marches, Hong Kong March took place. The march featured protest that demanded rights of citizens: democracy, universal suffrage, freedom of speech, etc. Organizers of the march said over 500,000 protesters participated. * July - Occupy Central w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Ma
Fung Wang-yuen (22 September 1942 – 4 February 2014), better known by his stage name Wu Ma, was a Hong Kong actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 240 appearances to his name (plus 49 directorial credits within a fifty-year period), he was one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema and is best known as the Taoist ghosthunter in '' A Chinese Ghost Story''. Early years Born Feng Hongyuan in Tianjin, Republic of China. At 16 he moved to Guangzhou and became a machinist before migrating to Hong Kong in 1960. In 1962, Feng enrolled in the Shaw Brothers acting course. Graduating a year later, he became a contract player for the studio and made his first appearance in '' Lady General Hua Mu-lan''. He then appeared in such films as ''Temple of the Red Lotus'' (1965), ''The Knight of Knights'' (1966) and ''Trail of the Broken Blade'' (1967). He took on the stage name 'Wu Ma' as it reflected the animal in the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Of China
The premier of China, officially the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, is the head of government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and leader of the State Council. This post was established in 1911 near the end of the Qing dynasty, but the current post dates to 1954, five years after the establishment of the PRC. The premier is the third-highest ranking official in China's political system after the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ( party leader) and the president ( state representative), and holds the highest rank in the civil service of the central government. The premier presides over the plenary and executive meetings of the State Council, and assumes overall leadership over the State Council's work. The premier also signs administrative regulations passed by the State Council and signs the orders approving the appointment and removal of deputy-ministerial level officials of the State Council, as well as chief executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao ( zh, s=温家宝, p=Wēn Jiābǎo; born 15 September 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the 6th premier of China from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy. From 2002 to 2012, he held membership in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the country's ''de facto'' top power organ, where he was ranked third out of nine members and after General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary Hu Jintao and Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He worked as the director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between 1986 and 1993, and accompanied Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang as Zhao's personal secretary to Tiananmen Square during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, where Zhao called on protesting students to leave the square and after which Zhao was removed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hui
Michael Hui Koon-man (born ; 3 September 1942; also known as Mr Boo!) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, scriptwriter and Film director, director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers (together with Ricky Hui, Ricky, Sam Hui, Sam, and Stanley) who were prominent figures in the Hong Kong entertainment industry during the 1970s and the 1980s. Michael Hui is considered by many critics to be one of the foremost comedians in the Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong film industry. Education Hui studied in La Salle College, and then earned a degree in sociology from the United College (Hong Kong), United College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Career After a spell hosting quiz shows on TVB, Hui gained popularity in the Hong Kong entertainment industry with his variety show stints in the ''Hui Brothers Show''. He then moved from television to film. Hui's first work was in a film by Taiwanese director Li Han-hsiang called ''The Warlord (film), The Warl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In China
Events in the year 2023 in China. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – Xi Jinping * President – Xi Jinping * Vice President ** Wang Qishan (until 10 March 2023) ** Han Zheng (from 10 March 2023) * Premier ** Li Keqiang (until 11 March 2023) ** Li Qiang (from 11 March 2023) * Congress chairman – Li Zhanshu * Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Yang * Supervision Commission director – Yang Xiaodu Events * 8 January – 17 people are killed and 22 others injured when a truck hits a funeral procession in Nanchang County, Jiangxi. * 11 January – 2023 Guangzhou car attack: Five people are killed and 13 others injured when a man rams his vehicle into a crowd in Guangzhou, Guangdong. * 17 January – 2023 Nyingchi avalanche: An avalanche in Nyingchi, Tibet, kills 28 people. * 4 February – At least 16 people are killed and 66 others injured in a multiple-vehicle collision along a highway in Changsha, Hunan. * 12 February – 2023 Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Baosheng
Huang Baosheng (; July 1942 – 23 March 2023) was a Chinese scholar of Sanskrit and Pali. He is known for having translated into Chinese many Sanskrit and Pali texts, including the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Lalitavistara Sutra and the Vajracchedikā (Diamond Sutra). Huang was born in Shanghai in July 1942, and graduated from the department of oriental languages at Peking University in 1965, majoring in foreign languages (Sanskrit and Pali). He retired from Peking University and was a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Literature in the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He was also the president of the China Foreign Literature Society and of the Indian Literature Research Institute, and a member of the Chinese Communist Party. A project to translate the Mahabharata into Chinese was started in 1989, by Jin Kemu (1912-2000) and Zhao Guohwa (1943-1991), who with Xi Bizhuang published the translation of the first ''parva'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's Liberation Army Navy, Navy, People's Liberation Army Air Force, Air Force, and People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, Rocket Force—and four arms—People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force, Aerospace Force, People's Liberation Army Cyberspace Force, Cyberspace Force, People's Liberation Army Information Support Force, Information Support Force, and People's Liberation Army Joint Logistics Support Force, Joint Logistics Support Force. It is led by the Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission (CMC) with its Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman as Supreme Military Command of the People's Republic of China, commander-in-chief. The PLA can trace its origins during the Republic of China (1912– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Boxiong
Guo Boxiong (born July 1942) is a former general of the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military council, between 2002 and 2012. During the same period he also held a seat in the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, China's top decision-making body. He was expelled from the Communist Party on 30 July 2015. On July 25, 2016, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery. Career Guo was born in Liquan County, Shaanxi province in July 1942. In August 1958, Guo, aged 16 and just finished middle school, began working at a military factory in Xingping, Shaanxi province. Guo joined the People's Liberation Army in 1960. Two years later, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. Guo was trained at China's National Defense University and the Xi'an Army Academy in People's Liberation Army Military Academy where he graduated. Guo earned a series of promotions in the 1970s. In the 55th Division of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
