2006 in the People's Republic of China
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Events in the year 2006 in the People's Republic of China.
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Incumbents
- Party General Secretary – Hu Jintao
- President – Hu Jintao
- Premier – Wen Jiabao
- Congress Chairman – Wu Bangguo
- Conference Chairman – Jia Qinglin
Events
March
- March 3 – The 2006 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opens in Beijing.[1]
April
- April 14 – A man disfigured in a bear attack becomes the first in China to have a face transplant.[2]
- April 30 – 24 miners have been killed in a mine explosion in the Chinese province of Shaanxi. (BBC)
May
- May 11 – Baidu Baike, a Chinese collaborative online encyclopedia, is launched in People's Republic of China by Baidu.com, modelled on Wikipedia but heavily self censored. Wikipedia is largely inaccessible without a proxy in China.[3]
- May 20 – The construction of the Three Gorges Dam wall, the largest dam in the world, is completed in the People's Republic of China.[4]
July
- July 1 – The Qingzang railway launches a trial operation, making Tibet the last province-level entity of China to have a conventional railway.[5]
- July 6 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.[6]
- July 7 – An explosion in the village of Dongzhai village in Shanxi province in north China kills 43 people.[7]
- July 11 – Liu Xiang of China sets a new World Record for the 110 metres hurdles at the Super Grand Prix in Lausanne with a time of 12.88 seconds.[8]
- July 22 – July 2006 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.1-5.2 in magnitude hits a mountainous region of Yunnan Province in south China killing at least 18-19 people and injuring at least 60 more.[9]
- July 27 – More than 80 people dead and missing as a result of Typhoon Kaemi.[10]
August
- August 10 – More than 1.5 million Chinese evacuate while Super Typhoon Saomai, the strongest to land in China in 50 years, makes landfall in Wenzhou, Zhejiang.[11][12]
November
- November 13 – Nanshan Colliery disaster: A colliery explosion in Shanxi province in northern China kills at least 24 miners.[13]
Deaths
- December 20 – Ma Ji, Chinese actor (born 1934)
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "'First face transplant' for China". BBC News. April 14, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4910372.stm.
- ^ "Site launches 'Chinese Wikipedia'". BBC News. May 11, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/asia-pacific/4761301.stm.
- ^ Reuters. http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-20T170350Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-250213-1.xml.
- ^ Olesen, Alexa (2006-07-02). "China's first train to Tibet conquers high-altitude hurdles". The Associated Press. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-07-02-china-railway_x.htm?POE=TECISVA. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ Baodong, Li; Shuangqi, Fu (2006-07-07). ""Silk Road" rejoins at Nathu La Pass after 44 years". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/07/content_4803157.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ "Quake Rocks China, 19 Dead". CBS News. July 22, 2006. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/22/world/main1826764.shtml.
- ^ [4]
- ^ Reuters. http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-08-10T102738Z_01_PEK119581_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-CHINA.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-scienceNews-3.
- ^ "China typhoon sparks mass exodus". BBC News. August 10, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4778631.stm.
- ^ "Latest Stories From News.Com.Au". http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20749177-1702,00.html.
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