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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Incumbents

* Party General Secretary -
Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...
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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...
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Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the Premier of the State Council from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy ...
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Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...
* Vice Premier
Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...
* Congress Chairman -
Wu Bangguo Wu Bangguo (born 12 July 1941) is a retired high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China. He was the Chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to ...
* Conference Chairman -
Jia Qinglin Jia Qinglin (; born 13 March 1940) is a retired senior leader of the People's Republic of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest ruling organ, between ...


Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province
Wang Sanyun Wang Sanyun (; born December 1952) is a former Chinese politician. He began his political career in Guizhou province, before serving in Sichuan, Fujian, and Anhui provinces. He served as Anhui governor between 2007 and 2011, and was transferred t ...
(until December), Li Bin (starting December) * Governor of Fujian Province
Huang Xiaojing Huang Xiaojing (; February 1946 - ) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a former governor of Fujian Province. A native of Fuzhou, Fujian, Huang started working in September 1969, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in Decem ...
(until April),
Su Shulin Su Shulin (; born 14 March 1962) is a Chinese oil and gas executive and former politician. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as Governor of Fujian province, on China's eastern coast. Before beginning his political career, Su served as the Vice-Pr ...
(starting April) * Governor of Gansu Province
Liu Weiping Liu Weiping (; born May 1953) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as Governor of Gansu from 2010 to 2016, and prior to that, Vice-Governor of Qinghai Province and mayor of Na ...
* Governor of Guangdong Province
Zhu Xiaodan Zhu Xiaodan (; born January 1953) is the Chinese politician who served as Governor of Guangdong from 2011 to 2016. A lifelong Communist functionary, Zhu was appointed Vice Governor of Guangdong in February 2010 and became acting Governor in Novemb ...
(until 5 November),
Huang Huahua Huang Huahua (born October 1946 in Xingning, Guangdong) is a retired Chinese politician, and the Governor of Guangdong between 2003 and 2011. Of Hakka heritage, he was once the mayor of Meizhou. Biography Huang was born in Xingning County, G ...
(starting 5 November) * Governor of Guizhou Province
Zhao Kezhi Zhao Kezhi (; born 28 December 1953) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as a State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and the former Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top p ...
(until December),
Chen Min'er Chen Min'er (; born 29 September 1960) is a Chinese politician and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party who is serving as the Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin. From 2017 to 2022, he served as the Communist Party Secretary ...
(starting December) * Governor of Hainan Province
Luo Baoming Luo Baoming (; born October 1952) is a Chinese politician who spent his career in Tianjin and Hainan province. Since 2011, Luo has served as the Communist Party Secretary of Hainan province; prior to that he served as governor of Hainan betwe ...
(until August),
Jiang Dingzhi Jiang Dingzhi (; born September 1954) is a Chinese politician and current Chairman of the Jiangsu People's Political Consultative Conference (''zhengxie''). He holds a master's degree in Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Techn ...
(starting August) * Governor of Hebei Province
Chen Quanguo Chen Quanguo (; born November 1955) is a retiring Chinese politician and the current deputy head of the CCP Central Rural Work Leading Group. Between 2017 and 2022, he was a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and was pr ...
(until 27 August) * Governor of Heilongjiang ProvinceWang Xiankui * Governor of Henan Province
Guo Gengmao Guo Gengmao (; born December 1950) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Communist Party Secretary and Governor of Henan Province, as well as Governor of his native Hebei Province. Biography Guo Gengmao was born in Ji ...
* Governor of Hubei ProvinceWang Guosheng * Governor of Hunan Province
Xu Shousheng Xu Shousheng (; 23 January 1953 – 5 December 2020) was a Chinese politician. He was the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan from 2013 to 2016. He served as the Governor of Hunan and Gansu provinces. Biography Xu was born in Rudong County, Jian ...
* Governor of Jiangsu Province
Li Xueyong Li Xueyong (; born September 1950) is a Chinese politician. He served as Governor of Jiangsu Province from 2010 to 2015. An academic-turned-politician, Li served for many years in the Ministry of Science and Technology. Career Li was born in Sh ...
* Governor of Jiangxi Province
Wu Xinxiong Wu Xinxiong (; born 1949) is a Chinese politician. From 2013 to 2014, Wu was the Director of the National Energy Administration, China's national energy regulatory agency. He served as the Governor of Jiangxi from January 2007 to June 2011. Bi ...
(until June),
Lu Xinshe Lu Xinshe (; born November 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2018 to 2021. Prior to becoming Guangxi party chief, he was Governor of Jiangxi from 2011 to 2016, and Comm ...
(starting June) * Governor of Jilin Province
Wang Rulin Wang Rulin (; born April 1953) is a Chinese politician and senior regional official. He is serving as Vice-Chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. From 2014 to 2016, Wang was the Communist Party S ...
(until December),
Bayanqolu Bayanqolu (; born 5 October 1955) is a Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He served as the Communist Party Secretary of Jilin Province from 2014 to 2020 and the Governor of Jilin from 2012 to 2014; Bayanqolu was, at the time of his appointme ...
(starting December) * Governor of Liaoning Province
Chen Zhenggao Chen Zhenggao (; born March 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is best known for his terms as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and governor of Liaoning province. Biography Chen was born in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China. He wa ...
* Governor of Qinghai Province
Luo Huining Luo Huining (; born 5 October 1954) is a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party who is Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. A native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, he was previously the Governor, then Party S ...
* Governor of Shaanxi Province
Zhao Zhengyong Zhao Zhengyong (; born March 1951) is a former politician of the People's Republic of China who served as Communist Party Secretary, Governor, and Congress Chairman of Shaanxi Province. After his retirement, he was placed under investigation for c ...
* Governor of Shandong Province
Jiang Daming Jiang Daming (; born 1953) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as the Minister of Land and Resources, and formerly served as Governor of Shandong province. Career Jiang was born in Rongcheng, Shandong province. He joi ...
* Governor of Shanxi ProvinceWang Jun (until December), Li Xiaopeng (starting December) * Governor of Sichuan Province
Jiang Jufeng Jiang Jufeng (; born 1948) is a Chinese politician. He served as the Governor of Sichuan from 2007 to 2013. Jiang was born in 1948 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from Fudan University in 1982 and the same year joined the Chinese Com ...
* Governor of Yunnan Province
Qin Guangrong Qin Guangrong (; born 25 December 1950) is a former Chinese politician. He previous served as deputy chair of the committee on internal legal affairs of the National People's Congress, from 2014 to 2018, the Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan p ...
(until August),
Li Jiheng Li Jiheng (; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician, who former served as Minister of Civil Affairs. He also is the former Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia, the former Communist Party Chief and Governor of Yunnan province and a f ...
(starting August) * Governor of Zhejiang Province
Lü Zushan Lü Zushan (born November 1946) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He succeeded Xi Jinping as Governor of Zhejiang province in 2003. After retiring from provincial leadership in 2011, he has served as Vice-Chairman of the Financia ...
(until August),
Xia Baolong Xia Baolong (; born 2 December 1952) is a Chinese politician. Originally from Tianjin, Xia began his political career in the Communist Youth League. He served as the vice mayor of Tianjin, governor and Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang provi ...
(starting August)


Events


January

* January 6 –
Jiaxing Jiaxing (), alternately romanized as Kashing, is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the ...
Xiuzhou District Xiuzhou District () is a district in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the north. There is to central Shanghai in the northeast, to Hangzhou in the southwest and to Suzhou in the north. It is an important urban distric ...
case of
fish kill The term fish kill, known also as fish die-off, refers to a localized die-off of fish populations which may also be associated with more generalized mortality of aquatic life.University of Florida. Gainesville, FL (2005) ''Plant Management in Fl ...
. * January 11 –
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
successfully tests the Chengdu J-20 Black Eagle, one of its fifth generation stealth,
twin-engine A twinjet or twin-engine jet is a jet aircraft powered by two engines. A twinjet is able to fly well enough to land with a single working engine, making it safer than a single-engine aircraft in the event of failure of an engine. Fuel efficien ...
fighter aircraft Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a battlefield ...
programs. * January 23 – CCTV Chengdu J-10 footage controversy


February

* February 1 – The
Chinese government The Government of the People's Republic of China () is an authoritarian political system in the People's Republic of China under the exclusive political leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It consists of legislative, executive, mili ...
begins efforts to combat an ongoing drought. * February 20 –
2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests The 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests, also known as the Greater Chinese Democratic Colour revolution, Jasmine Revolution, refer to public assemblies in over a dozen cities in China starting on 20 February 2011, inspired by and named after th ...
* February 28 –
2011 crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China The 2011 crackdown on dissidents in China refers to the arrest of dozens of mainland Chinese rights lawyers, activists and grassroots agitators in a response to the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests. Since the protests, at least 54 Chinese activi ...
(est.)


March

* March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident * March 10 –
2011 Yunnan earthquake The 2011 Yunnan earthquake was a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred on 10 March 2011 at 12:58 CST, with its epicenter in Yingjiang County, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, near the Burmese border. A total of 26 people died and 313 were inj ...
: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in
Yingjiang County Yingjiang County (; th, เมืองหล้า) is a county in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Burma's Kachin State to the west. Geography Yingjiang county has a border of with Kachin State, Myanmar in the west. Th ...
of the
Yunnan province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
near the
Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
border. * March 16 –
Phuntsog self-immolation incident The Phuntsog self-immolation incident occurred when a Tibetan Buddhist monk by the name of Rigzin Phuntsog self-immolated on March 16, 2011 in Ngawa County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, People's Republic of Chin ...
* March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest


April

* April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS). * 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 * 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 * May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident * May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings * May – '' My Heart Sings Loud'' television variety show is launched by
Dragon TV Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV () is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as " Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on October 23, 2003.Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China * June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot * June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident * June 10 – **
Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...
bombing **
2011 Zengcheng riot The 2011 Zengcheng riot (6•11事件) began on June 10, 2011, in Xintang town (新塘镇), Zengcheng, Guangdong, China and is ongoing. The demonstrators are mainly migrant workers in Xintang. Background On June 10, 2011, a 20-year-old pregnant w ...
* June 11 –
2011 China floods The 2011 China floods are a series of floods from June to September 2011 that occurred in central and southern parts of the People's Republic of China. They were caused by heavy rain that inundated portions of 12 provinces, leaving other provi ...
(est.) * June 11 – 17 – 3rd
Straits Forum The Straits Forum () is an annual forum between Mainland China and Taiwan which started in 2009. It is the largest non-political platform which promotes grassroots interaction, economic and trade exchanges and cultural integration. Forums 1st For ...
* June 16 – Mutiny on ''Lurongyu 2682'', a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China. * 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 China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group (Chinese: 中国海洋石油总公司 Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī''), is one of the largest national oil companies in China, and the third-largest national oil c ...
2011 Bohai bay oil spill * July 11 – 2011 Huizhou refinery explosion incident * July 18 –
2011 Hotan attack The 2011 Hotan attack was a bomb-and-knife attack that occurred in Hotan, Xinjiang, China on July 18, 2011. According to witnesses, the assailants were a group of 18 young Uyghur men who opposed the local government's campaign against the burqa, ...
* July 23 – 2011 Wenzhou train collision * July 24 – Canada extradites Lai Changxing to China * July 30–31 – 2011 Kashgar attacks


August

* August 1 –
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
rejects China-UN backed Lumbini project * August 4 – 2011 Nanchang mass suicide protest * August 11 – 2011 Qianxi riot * August 14 –
Dalian PX protest The Dalian PX protest (locally called the 8–14 event; ) was a peaceful public protest in People's Square, Dalian, to protest against a paraxylene (PX) chemical factory—Dalian Fujia Dahua Petrochemical (大連福佳大化石油化工)—built i ...
* August 12 –
2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...
* August 26 – 2011 Jiangmen dog ban * August 30 - Yunnan
Nanpan River The Nanpan River () has its source in the Yungui Plateau of eastern Yunnan Province. It then flows east, forming part of the border between Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. It joins with the Beipan River to become the Hongshui River The Hongs ...
chromium Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardne ...
toxic spill (est.)


September

* September 1 – First
China-Eurasia Expo The China-Eurasia Expo (中国-亚欧博览会) is an exposition for commercial, cultural and ministerial activities among Asian and European countries. History Prior to the expo, a lower profile annual trade fair was held in Urumqi every year s ...
* September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed. * September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot * September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident * September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident * September 29 – Launch of
Tiangong 1 Tiangong-1 () was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a crewed laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rendezvous and docking capabilities during it ...


October

* October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the
Mekong River massacre The Mekong River massacre occurred on the morning of 5 October 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle region on the borders of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. All 13 crew members on t ...
* October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution * October 13 –
Death of Wang Yue Wang Yue (), also known as "Little Yue Yue" (), was a two-year-old Chinese girl who was run over by two vehicles on the afternoon of 13 October 2011, in a narrow road in Foshan, Guangdong. As she lay bleeding and unconscious on the road for mor ...
and public outcry in the aftermath * October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit * October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident * October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot * October 31 – Announcement of
Sunway BlueLight The Sunway BlueLight () is a Chinese massively parallel supercomputer. It is the first publicly announced PFLOPS supercomputer using Sunway (processor), Sunway processors solely developed by the People's Republic of China.JOHN MARKOFF, The New Yor ...
, first supercomputer to use domestic processors


November

* November 1 – Launch of
Shenzhou 8 Shenzhou 8 () was an uncrewed flight of China's Shenzhou program, launched on 31 October 2011 UTC, or 1 November 2011 in China, by a Long March 2F rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft wa ...
* November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot * November 14 –
Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...
gas explosion * November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash * November 20 –
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
n guards cross to
Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (; Manchu: ; Mölendroff: kuwandiyan manju beye dasangga siyan), is a county of eastern Liaoning province, China, bordering North Korea to the southeast and Jilin in the northeast. It is under the administration o ...
after death of
Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
* November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon
Huang Nubo Huang Nubo (; born 1956) is a Chinese real estate developer, entrepreneur, poet, and mountaineer who founded and remains Chairman of Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group. According to Hurun Report, his net worth is US$2.3 billion as of 2014, rankin ...
is rejected to purchase parts of
Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...


December

* December 12 –
2011 Incheon fishing incident The 2011 Incheon fishing incident occurred on December 12, 2011 in Socheong Island, Incheon, South Korea. The incident involved a Chinese fisherman who was said by the South Koreans to be fishing illegally. During the confrontation two Incheon coa ...
* December 21 -
Protests of Wukan The Wukan protests (), also known as the Siege of Wukan, was an anti-corruption protest that began in September 2011, and escalated in December 2011 with the expulsion of officials by villagers, the siege of the town by police, and subsequent d ...
end * December 28 -
2011 Pishan hostage crisis The Pishan hostage crisis occurred on the night of December 28, 2011, in Koxtag (Kuoshi Tage), Pishan/Guma County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. A group of 15 Uyghur youths kidnapped two goat shepherds for directio ...


Deaths

* January 14 –
Liu Huaqing Liu Huaqing (; 1 October 1916 – 14 January 2011) was Chinese revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy, who served as the third Commander-in-Chief of the Navy from 1982 through 1988. He is considered to have greatly co ...
, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988). * February 13 –
Shi Yafeng Shi Yafeng (; March 21, 1919 – February 13, 2011) was Chinese geographer and glaciologist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was an expert on geography and glaciology, and regarded as the "Father of Chinese Glaciology" ...
, 91, Chinese geologist. * February 17 –
Augustine Hu Daguo Augustine Hu Daguo (15 May 1921 – 17 February 2011) was the underground Roman Catholic bishop (as such, he was then considered a part of the Vatican-recognized hierarchy in China approved by and in communion with the Pope) of the Apostolic ...
, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of
Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...
. * February 19 – Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese
Yue opera Yue opera, also known as Shaoxing opera, is the Chinese opera genre. Only Peking opera is more popular nationwide. Originating in Shengzhou, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in 1906, Yue opera features actresses in male roles as well as femininity ...
actress. * August 7 – Li Xing (黎星), 54, Chinese-English journalist


Full date unknown

* Liang Tianzhu, Chinese painter (born 1916)Liang Tianzhu Album of Painting, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, 1989


See also

*
List of political self-immolations This is a list of notable people who committed suicide by setting themselves on fire for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list. List Before 1900 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s ...


References

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