In
2021
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,
China continued to
address
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the
COVID-19 pandemic in China
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with a
Zero-COVID
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policy that significantly reduced transmission of
COVID-19
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through large scale
lockdowns
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and
testing. The
Convidecia
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and
Sinopharm
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vaccines were approved for general use in China in February 2021.
[ China achieved a record number of 55 space missions in 2021, including the development of the ''Tiangong'' space station][ and the first Chinese craft to land on Mars.] Concerns about declining birth rates caused the national government to replace its two-child policy with a three-child policy in May 2021.[ In the ]Chinese zodiac
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, 2021 was the year of the Ox and associated with the Wuxing element of metal.
Long standing territorial disputes continued in China. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
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led to a diplomatic incident with the Philippines in April 2021.[ Disputes over the recognition of Taiwan included the possibility of Lithuanian recognition of Taiwan, leading to a diplomatic crisis in August 2021.][ Other diplomatic disputes included the East China Sea EEZ disputes,][ skirmishes with India along the China–India border,][ and the continuing trade war with the United States.][ China strengthened its relations with Afghanistan, Iran,][ and Russia in 2021.
A wave of political reforms continued in 2021, applying restrictions or bans to ]cryptocurrency
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,[ skyscrapers,][ private tutoring,][ celebrity gossip,][ and video games.][ Tech companies were placed under increased scrutiny by the Chinese government in 2021. Anti-monopoly measures were carried out,][ and several major companies saw significant penalties throughout the year.][ A property sector crisis affecting companies such as the ]Evergrande Group
The China Evergrande Group is the second largest property developer in China by sales. It is ranked 122nd on the ''Fortune'' Global 500. It is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and headquartered in the Houhai ...
in 2021 prompted economic troubles in China.[ Political reforms in Hong Kong restricted democracy and limited elections to candidates approved by the ]Chinese Communist Party
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.[ Pro-democracy newspapers and groups in Hong Kong were also shut down.][ Alleged ]human rights abuses in Xinjiang
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continued, including accusations of genocide.[
]
Incumbents
* General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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– Xi Jinping
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* President
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– Xi Jinping
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* Vice President
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– Wang Qishan
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* Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
– Li Keqiang
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* Congress chairman – Li Zhanshu
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* Consultative Conference chairman – Wang Yang
* Supervision Commission director – Yang Xiaodu
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Communist Party secretaries
Governors
Ongoing
* 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
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* 2020–2021 Xi Jinping Administration reform spree
* 2020–2022 Chinese property sector crisis
* 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes
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** 2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures
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* Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan
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* Chinese elephants expedition
In March 2021, a group of 14 Asian elephants in China fled from the Pu'er City in the southeastern province of Yunnan
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* COVID-19 pandemic in China
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** Chinese government response to COVID-19
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* East China Sea EEZ disputes
* Tang ping
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* Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
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* Uyghur genocide
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Events
January
*1 January – Amendments to the National Defence Law take effect, transferring military powers from the State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
* State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
* State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative autho ...
to the Central Military Commission, effectively giving Xi Jinping control over the military.
*5 January
**COVID-19 pandemic: The team sent by the World Health Organization
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to study the origins of the coronavirus pandemic virus is blocked from entering China. The team claims their visas had not been approved yet. Tedros Adhanom expressed his dismay, saying he had been in contact with senior Chinese officials, and how important the expedition was.
** Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of the China Huarong Asset Management
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, is sentenced to death
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for collecting bribes.
*6 January – COVID-19 pandemic: 11 million people are locked down in Shijiazhuang due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
*10 January – An explosion triggers a mining accident
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in Qixia, Shandong.
*11 January – COVID-19 pandemic: 13 members of the 15 member World Health Organization team sent to study the origins of COVID-19 arrive in Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...
, China. The last two members are awaiting in Singapore
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for their COVID-19 test results.
*14 January – COVID-19 pandemic: The first recorded death from COVID-19 since May 2020 is reported in Hebei
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.
*20 January – 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes: Chinese forces clash with Indian forces in Naku La.
*22 January – East China Sea EEZ disputes: China passes a law authorizing the China Coast Guard
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Function
The CCG is known to perform mostl ...
to fire on foreign vessels in the East China Sea.
*30 January – The Hualong One nuclear reactor begins commercial operation.
February
* 2 February – ByteDance
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Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing social network ...
files a lawsuit against Tencent
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for monopolistic practices.
* 6 February – COVID-19 pandemic: China approves the CoronaVac
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vaccine for general use.
* 7 February – China issues stricter anti-monopoly regulations to regulate internet platforms.
* 8 February – Clubhouse
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** In the United States, a country club
** In the United Kingdom, a gentlemen's club
* A ...
is blocked in China after increasing in popularity.
* 10 February – The Tianwen-1
-1 (TW-1; zh, t=, s=, l=' Heavenly Questions') is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 6 spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, rem ...
orbiter and rover is inserted into orbit.
* 11 February – The CCTV New Year's Gala
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attracts international controversy for the use of blackface
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In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of ...
.
* 15 February – A series of attacks are carried out on Chinese-owned factories in Myanmar as part of the 2021–2022 Myanmar protests
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution ( my, နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး, ), began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief ...
.
* 20 February – 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes: Chinese and Indian forces complete a withdraw from Pangong Tso
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after a months-long standoff.
* 22 February – Uyghur genocide: The Parliament of Canada votes to recognize the Chinese persecution of Uyghurs
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as a genocide, becoming the second country to do so.
* 25 February
** COVID-19 pandemic: China approves the Convidecia
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and Sinopharm
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vaccines for general use.
** Uyghur genocide: The States General of the Netherlands
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The States ...
votes to recognize the Chinese persecution of Uyghurs as a genocide.
March
*5 March – The 2021 National People's Congress begins.
*8 March – Uyghur genocide: Several Chinese companies file a government-backed lawsuit against Adrian Zenz
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for his investigation of the Uyghur genocide.
*11 March – The Chinese legislature grants a committee the power to choose which candidates are eligible for elections in Hong Kong
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.
*15 March – Beijing is covered by the 2021 East Asia sandstorm.
*17 March – Uyghur genocide: The European Union declares its first sanctions against China since 1989 in response to China's persecution of Uyghurs.
*18 March – The United States–China talks in Alaska
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are held.
*20 March – The recovery of hundreds of artifacts from a Sanxingdui dig site is announced.
*22 March
**A suicide bombing
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occurs at a government land use office in Guangzhou
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.
**A diplomatic incident {{Refimprove, date=December 2011
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takes places between China and the Philippines when China stations hundreds of ships off the coast of Whitsun Reef
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.
*27 March – China and Iran sign a 25-year Cooperation Program.
April
*6 April – 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes: The Tibet Autonomous Region
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introduces 15 regulations on the border with India to limit entry.
*10 April – Alibaba Group is fined 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion USD).
*11 April – COVID-19 pandemic: China ends the mandatory vaccination policy of several localities amid vaccine hesitancy
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.
*27 April – An oil spill
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takes place off the coast of Qingdao.
*29 April – The ''Tianhe'' core module is launched into space as the first component of the Tiangong space station.
May
*8 May – The rocket body from the ''Tianhe'' launch plunges into the ocean, prompting international concerns about safety measures for returning spacecraft.
*9 May – China deletes two million posts from the internet for their discussion of Chinese history.
*14 May
**The Zhurong
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The ...
rover is the first Chinese craft to successfully land on Mars.[
**Tornadoes form in ]Wuhan
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and Shengze Shengze () is a town in Wujiang District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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, killing 12 people.
*19 May – China bans the use or transfer of cryptocurrencies by banks, prompting Bitcoin
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to decline in value by nearly 30 percent.
*20 May – Chinese industry sees significant economic turn down after China announces price controls
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on raw materials.
*21 May – A 6.4 magnitude earthquake
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occurs in Yunnan Province
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.
*22 May
**21 runners die from hypothermia in the Gansu ultramarathon disaster
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.
**A 7.4 magnitude earthquake
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occurs in Qinghai
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.
**The Zhurong rover successfully deploys on Mars.
*24 May – The funeral of Yuan Longping is attended by thousands of people.
*25 May – Thousands are evacuated in Shenzhen
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after SEG Plaza begins wobbling without apparent cause.
*29 May – The Tianzhou 2
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is launched into space and it docks with the ''Tiangong'' space station.
*31 May – China replaces the two-child policy with the three-child policy to account for population decline.
June
*1 June – The first human case of influenza A virus subtype H10N3 is documented in Jiangsu
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.
*2 June – The June 4th Museum honoring the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre
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is closed following a probe into its licensing status.
*4 June – COVID-19 pandemic: The Sinovac vaccine is authorized for emergency use in children.
*5 June – A man kills six people with a knife in Anqing
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.
*10 June – The Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China
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is enacted to regulate data collection by Chinese tech companies.
*13 June – A gas line explodes at a vegetable market in Shiyan
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, killing 25 people.
*17 June
**Shenzhou 12
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carries Nie Haisheng
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, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo
Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo (; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission.
...
to the ''Tiangong'' space station.
**The offices of the ''Apple Daily
''Apple Daily'' ( zh, link=no, 蘋果日報) was a popular tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai, it was one of the best-selling Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong. '' are raided and its assets are frozen.
*25 June – A fire
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At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
kills 18 students at a boarding school in Zhecheng County.
*27 June – Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
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begins operation.
*28 June – The Baihetan Dam
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begins generating hydroelectricity
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.
*30 June – WHO
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* World Health Organization
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declares China to be malaria-free after four years without an indigenous case.
July
*July – The province of Henan
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experiences heavy flooding, killing hundreds.
*July–August – China participates in the 2020 Summer Olympics. It wins the second most gold medals with 39, but Chinese state media claims victory by adding the totals of Taiwan
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and Hong Kong
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to its own.
*1 July – Celebrations are held for the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
*5 July – Suning.com
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announces a bailout
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A bailout differs from the term ''bail-in'' (coined in 2010) under which the bondholders or depositors of global sys ...
deal with the Jiangsu
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government and several other major corporations.
*6 July
**China hosts the CPC and World Political Parties Summit
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.
**The National Development and Reform Commission
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bans the construction of skyscrapers
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taller than .
*7 July – Chinese conservation officials upgrade the conservation status of giant pandas
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from endangered
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to vulnerable
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General
* Vulnerability
* Vulnerability (computing)
* Vulnerable adult
* Vulnerable species
Music
Albums
* ''Vulnerable'' (Marvin Gaye album), 1997
* ''Vulnerable'' (Tricky album), 2003
* ''Vulnerable'' (The Used album) ...
.
*10 July – China blocks the merger of Huya Live
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and DouYu
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more than the 140 million monthly active users of Twitch.
In July 2019 DouYu International Holdin ...
under Tencent.
*12 July – The Siji Kaiyuan Hotel collapses, killing 17 people.
*13 July – Construction begins on Linglong One at the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant, China's first small modular reactor
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.
*19 July – Zhang Tao, chairman of China Aerospace International Holdings
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, is arrested and expelled from the company and the Communist Party for assaulting two senior scientists the previous month.
*20 July – Typhoon Cempaka
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makes landfall in Guangdong
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.
*24 July
**China blocks Tencent from making exclusive music copyright agreements.
**China announces a ban on private tutoring.
*25 July – Typhoon In-fa makes landfall in China.
*27 July – China conducts its first test of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, including the use of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle
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.
*31 July – Singer Kris Wu
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; born 6 November 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Canadian former rapper, singer, actor and model, and convicted serial rapist. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM En ...
is taken into custody in Beijing on suspicion of rape.
August
*1 August – COVID-19 pandemic: Millions of people in Beijing and other cities go into lockdown amid a COVID-19 outbreak.
*10 August – China severs diplomatic relations with Lithuania in response to the establishment of a Lithuanian embassy in Taiwan.
*15 August – The Hong Kong rights group Civil Human Rights Front
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disbands.
*20 August – The is enacted.
*23 August – The discovery of '' Bianchengichthys'' is reported following the excavation of its fossils.
*23–24 August – COVID-19 pandemic: Thousands of people in Ruili
Ruili (; tdd, ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ; shn, မိူင်းမၢဝ်း; th, เมืองมาว; my, ရွှေလီ) is a county-level city of Dehong Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It ...
are evacuated to Mangshi
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for a 14-day quarantine.
*24 August – The Ministry of Education
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establishes new guidelines requiring Xi Jinping Thought
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to be taught in schools.
*26 August – Dong Hong, former corruption investigator at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
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, is put on trial for accepting bribes.
*27 August – China establishes regulations on fan culture
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on the internet, including a ban on celebrity gossip. All content relating to actress Zhao Wei
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is removed from Chinese internet.
*30 August – China bans children from accessing online video games outside of a designated periods that add up to three hours each week.
September
* September
** 2020–2022 Chinese property sector crisis: The Evergrande Group
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goes into a debt crisis that affects the broader Chinese economy.
** The 2021 National Games of China
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are held.
** Activists Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing are detained in Guangzhou
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.
* 2 September – The National Radio and Television Administration
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bans the portrayal of effeminate men in media.
* 8 September – Francis Cui Qingqi
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is appointed as the bishop of Wuhan after an agreement between China and the Vatican.
* 12 September – The 2021 Macanese legislative election is held, with most pro-democracy candidates declared ineligible by the Chinese government.
* 14 September – The Haidian District People's Court dismisses the sexual harassment case by Zhou Xiaoxuan
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Zhou Xiaoxuan was born in Wuhan in circa 1993. She moved to Beijing when was 18 years old t ...
against Zhu Jun.
* 16 September – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake
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occurs in Lu County
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, killing three people.
* 17 September – China applies to join the CPTPP.
* 19 September – The 2021 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections are held with eligible candidates pre-approved by the Chinese government.
* 20 September
** The unmanned Tianzhou 3
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spacecraft launches to resupply the ''Tiangong'' space station.
** Universal Studios Beijing
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opens to the public.
* 22 September – Harbin goes into partial lockdown following an outbreak of COVID-19.
* 25 September
** Meng Wanzhou
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returns to China after being released by the United States and Canada in exchange for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.
** The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China votes to dissolve itself.
October
* 2 October – Former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is detained for violating party discipline.
* 12 October – The National Development and Reform Commission announces that energy in China will be distributed through a market economy
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after government price controls lead to an energy crisis.
* 14 October
** Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer, the first Chinese solar observation satellite, is launched.
** The 2021 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy is held in Beijing.
* 15 October – Shenzhou 13
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carries Wang Yaping
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, Zhai Zhigang
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, and Ye Guangfu
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Biography
Ye was born in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan in Septembe ...
to the ''Tiangong'' space station.
* 20 October
** The Cyberspace Administration of China
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delists Caixin
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Structure
The founder and publisher is Hu Shuli, a former Knight Fellow in journalism at Stanford Universit ...
as an official news outlet.
** The Olympic flame
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arrives in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics
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.
* 26 October
** COVID-19 pandemic: Six COVID-19 cases prompt Lanzhou
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to go into lockdown.
** 2020–2022 Chinese property sector crisis: Modern Land defaults on a bond payment, exacerbating the sector's debt crisis.
November
*2 November – Tennis player Peng Shuai
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makes allegations of sexual assault
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against Zhang Gaoli
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, former Vice Premier of China and a high-ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party
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.
*5 November – Former Vice Minister of Public Security Sun Lijun
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is arrested on charges of accepting bribes.
*11 November – The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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memorializes Xi Jinping as a major historical figure in the Sixth Plenum.
*12 November – The M+ art museum opens in Hong Kong to scrutiny amid increased censorship in the city.
*21 November – Darryl O'Young wins the 2021 Macau Grand Prix
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.
December
* 1 December
** COVID-19 pandemic: 13 million people are put under lockdown in Xi'an
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after 52 cases are discovered in a COVID-19 outbreak.
** The Women's Tennis Association
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suspends all games in China in response to the treatment of tennis player Peng Shuai.
* 3 December
** The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index falls by 9.1 percent, the largest fall since 2008.
** Chinese Olympic medalists perform in a goodwill tour in Hong Kong.
* 4 December – China hosts the International Democracy Forum after it is not invited to the Summit for Democracy.
* 13 December – COVID-19 pandemic: The first case of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
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in mainland China is documented in Tianjin.
* 19 December – The 2021 Hong Kong legislative election takes places with candidates pre-selected by the Chinese Communist Party.
* 20 December – The People's Bank of China cuts its main interest rate for the first time in 20 months.
* 21 December – The discovery of a Baby Yingliang, fossilized dinosaur embryo in China is reported.
* 26 December – The Ziyuan I-02E satellite is sent into orbit.
* 29 December – Stand News is Stand News raids and arrests, shut down after its editors are arrested and its assets are frozen.
Deaths
January–March
* 1 January – Sun Qiaolu, 25, actress.
* 5 January – Joseph Zong Huaide (Shaanxi), Joseph Zong Huaide, 100, bishop of Sanyuan County, Sanyuan.
* 8 January – Xu Qinxian, 85, major general of the People's Liberation Army.
* 28 January – Wang Shouguan, 98, astronomer.
* 29 January – Lai Xiaomin, 58, economist.
* 5 February – Shen Zhonghou, 92, engineer.
* 7 February – Cheng Rongshi, 93, physical chemist.
* 19 February – Liu Fusheng, 89, politician.
* 22 February – Liu Zhongshan, 92, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army.
* 28 February – Mahinur Qasim, 92, Xinjiang politician.
* 2 March – Zhou Yulin, 98, mathematician.
* 6 March – Chi Shangbin, 71, football player.
* 13 March
** Zhou Youyuan, 82, astrophysicist.
** Wang Fuchun, 79, photographer.
* 22 March – Peng Shilu, 95, nuclear engineer.
* 26 March – Shen Shanjiong, 103, microbiologist.
* 27 March – Xie Yuyuan, 96, pharmaceutical chemist.
* 31 March – Li Jingwen (economist), Li Jingwen, 88, economist.
April–June
* 12 April – Yang Xiong (politician), Yang Xiong, 67, mayor of Shanghai.
* 23 April – Luo Qingquan, 75, politician.
* 28 April – Min Guirong, 87, thermophysicist.
* 29 April – Zhang Enhua, 48, football player.
* 5 May – Cheng Youshu, 97, diplomat and poet.
* 6 May – Liu Xingtu, 84, agronomist.
* 14 May – Wang Yuan (mathematician), Wang Yuan, 91, mathematician.
* 20 May – Zuo Hui, 50, real estate tycoon.
* 22 May
** Huang Guanjun, 34, marathon runner.
** Liang Jing (runner), Liang Jing, 31, marathon runner.[
** Wu Mengchao, 98, hepatobiliary surgeon.
** Yuan Longping, 90, agronomist.
* 26 May
** Chen Qingru, 94, mineralogist.
** Ren Farong, 84, Taoist priest.
* 28 May
** He Zhaowu, 99, historian.
** Zhang Kaiyuan, 94, historian.
* 7 June – Su Yiran, 102, politician.
* 11 June – Zhang Zuoji, 76, politician.
* 13 June – Su Dongshui, 89, economist.
* 14 June – Murder of Chen Shijun, Chen Shijun, 23, student.
* 16 June – Huang Xiling, 94, geotechnical specialist.
* 17 June – Xu Yuanchong, 100, translator.
* 27 June
** Gao Shangquan, 92, economist.
** Jiang Jingshan, 85, aerospace engineer.
* 29 June – Xue Yuqun, 89, hydrogeologist.
]
July–September
* 3 July – He Kang, 98, politician.
* 9 July – Matthew Cao Xiangde, 93, bishop of Zhejiang.
* 12 July – Xu Jingren, 76, businessman.
* 27 July – Wen Shizhen (born 1940), Wen Shizhen, 81, politician.
* 6 August – Wang Wenjuan, 94, actress.
* 17 August – Guo Jingkun, 87, chemist.
* 25 August – Zheng Zhemin, 96, explosives engineer.
* 28 August
** Jiang Chunyun, 91, politician.
** Jin Renqing, 77, politician.
* 31 August – Xu Houze, 87, geodesist.
* 12 September – Guang Gao, 76, computer scientist.
* 22 September – Huang Hongjia, 97, physicist.
* 28 September – Wang Jianmin (full general), Wang Jianmin, 78, full general of the People's Liberation Army.
October–December
* 1 October
** Zhang Hanxin, 85, physicist.
** Zhang Xudong, 58, general of the People's Liberation Army.
* 4 October – Li Zhengming, 90, engineer.
* 5 October – Ye Keming, 84, engineer.
* 7 October – Chen Wenxin, 95, biologist.
* 13 October – Stephen Yang Xiangtai, 98, Bishop of Daming.
* 18 October – Xu Qin (born 1928), Xu Qin, 93, politician.
* 2 November – Li Zehou, 91, philosopher.
* 4 December – Wu Xinzhi, 93, paleoanthropologist.
* 12 December – Tu Men, 61, actor.
* 13 December – Wang Xuezhen, 95, politician.
* 21 December – Chen Niannian, 80, nuclear engineer.
* 31 December – Long Zhiyi, 92, politician.
See also
Country overviews
* China
* History of China
* History of modern China
* Outline of China
* Government of China
* Politics of China
* Timeline of Chinese history
* Years in China
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