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Events in the year 2011 in China.
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao
- President – Hu Jintao
- Premier – Wen Jiabao
- Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo
- Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin
Events
January
- January 6 – Jiaxing Xiuzhou District case of fish kill.
- January 11 – China successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft programs.[1][2]
- January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy
February
- February 1 – The Chinese government begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought.[3]
- February 20 – 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
- February 28 – 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China (est.)
March
- March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
- March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.[4][5][6]
- March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
- March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest
April
- April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).[7]
- April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
- April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
- April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
- April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident[8]
- April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011
May
- May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
- May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case[9]
- May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
- May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
June
- June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China[10]
- June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
- June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
- June 10 – Tianjin bombing[11]
- June 10 – 2011 Zengcheng riot
- June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
- June 11–17 – 3rd Straits Forum
- June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party
July
- July 1 – Jiang Zemin disappearance and death rumor
- July 5 – Disclosure of China National Offshore Oil Corporation 2011 Bohai bay oil spill
- July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident
- July 18 – 2011 Hotan attack
- July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision
- July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China
- July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks
August
- August 1 – Nepal rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project
- August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest
- August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot
- August 14 – Dalian PX protest
- August 12 – 2011 Summer Universiade
- August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban
- August 30 - Yunnan Nanpan River chromium toxic spill (est.)[12]
September
- September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
- September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
- September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident[13]
- September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
- September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1
October
- October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
- October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
- October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
- October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident[14][15][16]
- October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
- October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors[17][18]
November
- November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
- November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
- November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion[19]
- November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
- November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il[20]
- November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland
December
- December 12 – 2011 Incheon fishing incident
- December 21 - Protests of Wukan end
- December 28 - 2011 Pishan hostage crisis
Deaths
- January 14 – Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).[21]
- February 13 – Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist.[22]
- February 17 – Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang.[23]
- February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Shaoxing opera actress.[24]
- August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist[25][26]
See also
References
- ↑ "China-built stealth fighter takes maiden flight – Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 – English Window to China New". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ From correspondents in Beijing (2011-01-12). "China tests new stealth fighter". News.com.au. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ Watts, Jonathan (11 February 2011). "China bids to ease drought with $1bn emergency water aid". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ "Rescuers search for survivors in quake-hit Yingjiang". News.xinhuanet.com. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "24 dead, 207 injured in China quake". Straitstimes.com. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ Agence France-Presse (2011-03-10). "25 dead, 250 injured in China quake". Globalnews.ca. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "China's Health Ministry dismisses "HIV-Negative AIDS" concerns". News.xinhuanet.com. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "株洲自焚者汪家正死亡 官方证实消息-搜狐新闻". News.sohu.com. 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "Revenge petrol bombing injures dozens at China bank". Monsters and Critics. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "中國評論新聞："富春山居圖"台北故宮合璧 馬英九賀電". Chinareviewnews.com. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "Revenge blast injures 2 in Tianjin". Chinadaily.com.cn. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑
- ↑ Wong, Edward (2011-09-26). "Two Tibetan Monks Set Themselves on Fire in Protest". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "BBC News – Chinese man in Tiananmen Square self-immolation protest". Bbc.co.uk. November 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "China confirms man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square – World – NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "Chinese man self-immolates in Tiananmen Square". www.phayul.com. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Smith, Rich (2011-01-12). "China's New Supercomputer Means Business". DailyFinance. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "China to Build More Supercomputers With Homegrown Chips | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "Xi'an restaurant blast kills 9|Nation". chinadaily.com.cn. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "North Korean border guards flee to China". The Daily Telegraph. London. December 15, 2011.
- ↑ "China's former military leader passes away – People's Daily Online". English.peopledaily.com.cn. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ "我国著名地理学家施雅风院士逝世". News.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ "Underground bishop of Shiqian dies". ucanews.com. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ "Maestro of China's Yueju opera Yuan Xuefen dies at 89". News.xinhuanet.com. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ "Friends, family remember veteran reporter". Usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ "黎星同志生平 – 斯人已去 精神永存 中国日报杰出新闻工作者黎星去世- 中国日报". Chinadaily.com.cn. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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