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Australian Centre on China in the World

ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Canberra, Australia Chronology

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The following outline chronology cov- January: China fires a missile at its ers some of the key events touched on own (obsolete) satellite and obliterates in this book. it, causing fears of a military build-up © The Australian National University (as represented by the Australian Centre on China in the World) in space.

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there is another recall of toys in the The Australian Centre on China in the World is an initiative of the Commonwealth Government of Australia and The Australian National University US market. 285 284 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 Zhou Yongkang. and Guoqiang He as well as Keqiang, Li head province Liaoning Jinping, Xi chief Party Shanghai Committee: ing Politburothe fourjoin Standmen new - while chief, army and Party as term next five years; Hu Jintao wins a second the for lineup leadership new a veils un - Party Communist the 21 October: cials sacked. offi- some and closed soon is factory Internet.The the on exposed weretory fac- brick a in conditions inhumane in work to forced children hundred four around of parents which in scandal, slave kiln brick Shanxi the on report to begin media Chinese the 17 June: via mobilephonemessages. and online organized are lectivestrolls Col- province. Xiamen, in zone residential a near pollution emit and PX) called (often paraxylene produce would that factory chemical planned a against protest public slogan-free a describes It vocabulary. Chinese the June: the term ‘collective stroll’ enters stroll’ ‘collective term the responds by fuelling a pro-China anti- pro-China a fuelling by responds leadership Chinese The wheelchair. a in athlete paralympic Chinese a from pro- torchOlympic the grab to tried testers independence Tibetan April, when 7 on Paris in Relay Torch pic Olym- the during occurred Anti-CNN for support boosted that events the of One government. Chinese the for ple peo young amongst support populist of rise a of face online the becomes and CNN) by those particular (in Tibet in uprising the of reports media ern West denounces website The Jin. Rao entrepreneur, technology jing-based Bei- young, a by www.anti-CNN.com website the of creation March-April: province. Sichuan of area outlying an and ince ing parts of neighbouring Gansu prov- includ- China’, violence ‘Tibetan to the spreading with riots into calate es 1959 since Tibet in rule Chinese against protestslargest the 14 March: pc cnr i suhr Sichuan southern province. in centre space Xichang from Chang’e the probe lunar first its launches China 24 October: 2008 - - -

zhengyou a of (that friendship frank and true a of one as China with relationship ia’s University in which he defines Austral- Kevin Rudd delivers a speech at Peking Minister Prime Australian 9 April: ing BeijingOlympics. over direct management of the upcom- takes and push propaganda Western r. y oebr te ubr f in- of number the November, By ers. ucts of other major dairy manufactur - prod- the in found soon is chemical deadly The protein.of level milk’s the of reading a raising artificially of fect ef the has that additive industrial an melamine, contain to found is Sanlu by produced formula infant when dia soned-milk scandal’ appear in the me the ‘poi- of report first the 16 July: tions andvolunteer rescueefforts. dona- cash including movement table chari- nationwide a prompts disaster The 80,000. surpasses toll death The province. Sichuan county, Wenchuan devastates scale Richter the on 8 to 7.9 measuring earthquake an 12 May: of theword zhengyou –withinterest. use its and – speech the discuss media advice and counsels restraint’. Chinese 诤友 ) that ‘offers unflinching ‘offersthat ) - - package. stimulus economic a billion announces US$586 China November: an end to one-party rule, the introducan end to- one-party for calls document the people, 300 by signed Initially 08. Charter drafting in dent is detained for his role 8 December: nancial crisis. fi- global a off setting bankruptcy, for files Brothers Lehman 15 September: takes China’sfirstspace walk 27 September: deemed asuccess, costsUS$44billion. widely Olympics, Beijing The 8:08pm. at Beijing in begins Olympiad XXIXth 8 August: the Opening Ceremony of the ment of thescandalon22September. acknowledge government first the over,withare Games Olympic Beijing officials andonly goespublicafter the government and executives Sanlu by firmed dead. The scandal is hushed up con- four and sickened babies 50,000 some 300,000 and there are more than reaches milk contaminated drinking by affected children young and fants

the pro-democracy dissi- the pro-democracy Ciee astronaut Chinese a - 287 286 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 ous River Crabs (hexie Crabs River ous is supposed to be endangered by raven- existence its and cunt’) mother’s your sert (malege bi sert De Gobi Mahler the roam to said is – Alpaca an of appearance the with ture mother’. The Grass Mud Horse – a crea- eleven years inprison. tosentenced is Liu 2009, December 25 On citizens. Chinese for rights human tion of substantive democracy and full ( Horse Mud Grass the is beasts the of like Wikipedia- the to Baidu’ of Beasts ary uploads a spoof posting of ‘Ten Legend- user Internet anonymous an January: monize’ (hexie monize’ word‘har- the on pun a is whosename cào n global issues. tate talks between the US and China on facili- to (G2) Two’ of ‘Group a of ation cre the proposes Brzezinski Zbigniew Beijing to visit a during 13 January: delete unacceptableonlinecontent. or censor to means slang Internet nese caonima . 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Con- Audio-visual Internet ManageOver ment of Tightening the cerning ‘Con- heading the under new regulations thirty-one of list a issues tent, con- media controls Television which and (SARFT), Film Radio, of tion Administra- State China’s 30 March: ritorial rights. ter - regional its as regards it what of assertion growing China’s of start the marking Sea, China South the in – ble USNS the – ship surveillance US a against maneuvers aggressive performfive Chinese vessels 8 March: in Chongqing, Party Secretary Secretary Party Chongqing, in mantou’, a satirical take on The Promise. Hu Ge’s Impecca- - - Australian ambassador to the People’s the to ambassador Australian then to lead issues other and This val. Festi- Film International Melbourne the attend to Kadeer Rebiya advocate rights human Uyghur the to visa a of granting Australia’s over satisfaction’ dis ‘strong expresses China 30 July: for over sixmonths. Xinjiang in telephony distance long- and access Internet down shut authorities the riots, the Following denies. she charge a Kadeer, Rebiya leader Uyghur exiled on violence the blames government The 1,700. jures in- and people 200 around kills ang Xinji- of region China’s autonomous western in violence ethnic 5 July: layed indefinitely. de is Dam Green of installation tory manda- the June 30 on users, Internet Chinese from reception negative a ing Follow- Escort. Youth Dam Green the as known pre-installed, software trol content-con- have must mainland the on sold computers personal all 2009, July 1 from starting that, mandates Technology Information and Industry na’s leadingpoliticalcelebrity. Chi into Bo turn helping months, and This month, China’s Ministry of Ministry China’s month, This - - - Celsius. global limit warming to no more than two degrees to target mitigation a setting treaty non-binding a signed havenations other and China US, the that announces Obama President US summit, the nations. following Nevertheless, developed with relations China’s in tensions new spark and attention media international tract at globe the of those over interests own its of assertion and vironment en- the to regard with behaviour ern West historical of criticism strident China’s change, climate on talks gen Copenha- 2009 the at 18 December: sol- diers. 10,000 around and hardware rade includes a vast array of military pa- The China. of Republic People’s the of founding the of anniversary sixtieth the celebrate to Square men Tianan- Beijing’s on held is Parade Day National grand a 1 October: relationship. annus horribilis the 2009 dubbing Raby GeoffRepublic of the Australia-China the of - - 289 288 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 f iiay xhne wt te US the along with other retaliatory measures. with exchanges military of to suspension announces missiles China Taiwan, PAC-3 and helicopters sell to decision ment’s govern - US the following 30 January: rebuttal fromgry thePeople’sDaily. toleads an- stance an anti-censorship Google’s for support Clinton’s Hillary State of Secretary US 21-24 January: mainlandChinese usersto itsHongKong site. re-routes and Beijing, in offices its closes Google March, in ally Eventudown.may erationsclosed - be portal Google.cn and that its China op mainland-based its on results search censor longer no will it announces dissidents,of accounts Gmail the with interfered have hackers China-based that claiming Google, 12 January: cize theircolleague’splight. publi to lawyers Chinese prominent other leading false, be to known were Li against charges The himself. jure per- to Gangmo, Gong boss crime qing Chong- client, his encouraging legedly Li al- for gaol in monthsto thirty Zhuang lawyer Beijing-based the tences sen- judiciary Chongqing’s 8 January: 2010 Black Hawk - - golia. 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Lama; Dalai the with meets Obama Barack President US 19 February: on 26on Cheonan erbating diplomatic tensions between tensions diplomatic erbating waters,disputedexac in - vessel Guard Coast Japanese a with collides trawler 7 September: five anda-halfmonths.) sentencedand bance’ to termgaol ofa distur- a ‘causing with charged is Xiao 2010, October (In fraud. academic an University, Technology whom Fang had exposed as and Huazhong guo, a Professor of Urology at Wuhan’s sailants had been hired by Xiao Chuan as two The Beijing. in home his near fraud-buster, is attacked and wounded academic famous most China’s cop’, 29 August: ‘Strike Black’campaign. 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My dare. you if me ‘Charge yells: edly alleg- he guards, security con- by fronted When other. the injuring and one killing students, university male fe two hits Qiming Li driver drunk twenty-two-year-old the 16 October: in the West and the country of . supportersCommittee,NobelLiu’s the award, the denouncing campaign dia me a unleash to government Chinese the leading Prize, Peace Nobel 2010 the awarded is Xiaobo Liu 8 October: the 1982constitutionof China. in granted freedoms for respect and censorship of hand’ black ‘invisible the of abolition the demanding letter online open an publish elders Party Communist twenty-three 1 October: themselves from him. dissociateto scramble disciples 30,000 some his among stars Media fraud. a as exposed is powers, extraordinary claiming personality TV a Yi, Li priest, 14 September: of publicity. blaze a in China to returns he and ber tually released by Japan on 24 Septem- even- is captain The Japan. and China h clbiy Taoist celebrity the - - 291 290 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 award. the of heard never however, has he that noting the prize, declines office and the Nationalists since 1945.) Lien’s Communists the between exchange of level highest the as time the at hailed the Pan-Blueso-called visits, which are of part as mainland the Taiwan,visits in Party Nationalist the of Chairman na on Taiwan. (In March 2005, Lien, as Chi of Republic the of Vice-president former Chan, awardedLien tois Prize Peace Confucius first laureate.The bel No the awarded being Xiaobo Liu for retaliation in Prize Peace Confucius the establishes support, official tacit 9 December: 2011. tenced to death and executed on 7 June sen- later Yaois police. the to number plate licence his reporting from her prevent to accident an in injured just had womanhe a purposelykills Jiaxin twenty-one- Yaostudentmusic driver and year-old when homicide a into turns accident traffic a 20 October: years ingaol. six to sentenced is Li 2011, January 30 Li Gang!’ goes viral on the Internet. 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Liu’s Tunisia, Sudan, Serbia, Arabia, Saudi Russia, Philippines, the Pakistan, co, Moroc - Kazakhstan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Cuba, Colombia, Afghanistan, coun- tries: other eighteen and China by boycotted is Oslo in ceremony award Prize Peace Nobel the 10 December: i Xab receives Xiaobo Liu 2011

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Japan overtakes China 13 February: removed without noticeorexplanation.) is statue the April 21 (On statue. the of disapprove spondents re 820,000 some of percent sixty-two gnrtn heated generating yuan, - - - - - qing. heaps He Chong- of achievements the on praise rallies. mass Red’ ‘Sing Xilai’s Bo of one in part takes there, based companies US 500 some from executives with meet to Chongqing visiting Kissinger, Henry 30 June: blog posts. and interviews his from quotations tural figures from New York who read cul- several by York New in resented rep is China, in detention under still Ai, Plaza. Army Grand Park’s Central at Heads’, installation, Animals/Zodiac of ‘Circle outdoor Weiwei’s Ai launches officially Bloomberg, chael Mi- York, New of Mayor the 4 May: tax evasion. of accused travellingand from bidden three months. On his release, he is for- nearly for charge without detained is He Kong. Hong for plane a board to at Beijing Capital Airport as he is about teur is intercepted by police 3 April: prominent artist and provoca- sumer market. con- domestic country’s the of growth the encouraging as well as growth, sustainable more for environment an - 293 292 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 shut itdown. censors before days several for freely circulate deaths, thirty-five resultedin tragedy,which the of handling ment’s govern- the of criticism Com- and plaints micro-blogging. via China in topic talked-about most the becomes province Zhejiang Wenzhou, in trains 23 July: the collision of two high-speed past rubbishbins. door,back walkingthe through House White the leaving Lama Dalai the of online circulate Photos government. 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China pledges to deepen bilateral mili- dialogue’. defence ‘strategic first their hold Korea South and China 27 July: undn poic, fe big run being after province, Guangdong Foshan, in hospital a in dies Yueyue 21 October: a girl two-year-old named People onTiananmenSquare. the of Hall Great the in evening ous previ- the made speech, memorative 复兴 tet-he tms n i com- his in times twenty-three ) anniversary of the cente the of anniversary - - lae o te ucy Xe ib, in Jinbo, Xue outcry, the of leader a of December 10 on death the lowing Fol- incidents. mass largest country’s the of one into grows province, dong Guang - Wukan, in land sold illegally and had seized who officials corrupt December: security. and maritime ofrelatedbroader questions Sea China South the discuss to leaders Asian seventeen with meets Jiabao Wen Premier Chinese Bali, in Summit Asia East ASEAN-led the of meeting sixth the At 19 November: aircraft. TerritoryUS Northernfor the in bases RAAF of use greater the and Darwin in marines US of rotation and dation accommo the through cooperation defence US-Australia of enhancement an formallyannounce Gillard Juliater Minis Prime Australian and Obama 17 November: Chinese morality. of state the on debate vigorous a cites in- and Internet Chinese the on viral goes camera, surveillance a on caught incident, entire The passers-by. een over by two vans and ignored by eight lcl rts against protest local A S rsdn Barack President US - - - sition to a freer commercial system or system commercial freer a to sition economy.offersIt starka tran - choice: entitled stateChinese the ofthe on China 2030, report, a with China sents pre Bank World The 26 February: the endof BoXilai. of beginning the marks events of ries called ‘vacation-style therapy’. This se officially is what into off whisked be to only Consulate the from emerges Wang and granted, not is It province. Sichuan Chengdu, in Consulate US the lice chief of Chongqing, seeks refuge in po former Lijun, Wang 6 February: form. re continued for need the on ments pronounce 1992 Deng’s endorses and reprises He 1992. February of South the of Tour famous Xiaoping’s Deng re-enacting province, Guangdong its 3-4 February: Premier Wen Jiabao vis themselves inlocalgovernment. and allows village leaders to represent The provincial government intervenes escalates. protest the custody police 2012 ------295 294 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK Chronology 2012 fe te ies itr okhp is bookshop sister site’s the after ‘maintenance’ for down shut is pia Uto website neo-Maoist the 6 April: thorities withindays. weiweicam.com are banned by the au- on broadcasts His of self-surveillance. gesture mocking a in his compound in webcams installs Weiwei Ai Airport, Capital Beijing at detention his since year the mark to 3 April: business associate, Neil Heywood. vestigation for thedeath of anEnglish in- under is Kailai, Gu wife, Bo’s that announced is it April, 10 On tigation. official invesunder put and positions official all from dismissed is Xilai Bo Secretary Party Chongqing 15 March: Chinese Internet. the on derision and scorn with met is campaign The Feng’. Lei from ‘learn to people encourage to launched is campaignpropaganda a people, tothe service selfless todevoted soldier PLA legendary a Feng, Lei of death the of anniversary fiftieth the on 5 March: as thework of spiesandtraitors. report the denounce neo-Maoists and leftists Some decline. economic face - - none a ot o celebrations. of month a announces Culture of Ministry the Art’, and ture Litera- on Talks ‘Yan’an 1942 mark land- Zedong’s Mao of anniversary is released. alerts, and issues safety food to voted ( the May: arriving the same day in New York City. Beijing, leave children two their and controversy. On 19 May, Chen, his wife, great amid treatment medical un- dergo to Embassy US the leaves Chen May, 2 On Beijing. in Embassy US the in refuge seeks and Shandong in rest ar- house escapes Guangcheng Chen lawyer-activist blind the 22 April: 1978]’. [in began Reform and Opening since injustice of political case significant ‘most the affairs Wang and Bo the sites outside of China. 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299 298 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK People and Personalities 2012 alphabetically. feature in the pages listed of this book, The following is a listof people who Personalities People and Bo Xilai the AsiaPacific. defencein ian military preparedness cy analyst promoting greater Austral - Ross Babbage (b.1949): strategic poli - He continued to criticisetheauthorities. charges against him remained pending. elling overseas asarange of nebulous ditions although prevented from trav- June 2012,hewas releasedfrom bailcon- under continuing housesurveillance. In was accusedof various crimesandkept roar. Althoughsubsequently releasedhe March 2011 led to an international up litical activist whose disappearancein ally acclaimed artist and outspoken po Ai Weiwei and advocate of economic redistribu- munist Party of Secretary Chongqing

薄熙来 艾未未 (b.1949): former Com- (b.1957): internation- - - 301 300 CHINA STORY YEARBOOK People and Personalities 2012 Cai Fang businessman, Neil Heywood. English an of death the over detained was Kailai Gu wife his law; state and discipline Party breaking of suspicion on investigation under put and 2012 March in posts his of stripped was Bo campaign Black’ Strike Red, ‘Sing of the Author debate’. ‘cake the in tion Chen Guangbiao Communist Party inBeijing2011. Chinese the of founding the of sary anniver- ninetieth the for eventrative commemo a at songs’ ‘red sang Baidu of CEO the with together who Sina, ternet commentators allegingfraud. In- some with questioned, been have activities charitable Chen’s Taiwan; in families income low to donations including activities, philanthropic his for known best Company Resources Recycling Huangpu Jiangsu of ident Charles Chao an endto surplus labourinChina. mographic transition who has forecast de of scholar-analyst and mographer 蔡昉 b15) eooi de economic (b.1956): 曹国伟 陈光标 b16) CO of CEO (b.1965): (b.1969): Pres - - - - Fang Zhouzi developed the Great Firewall of China. whoprofessor and programmer puter Fang Binxing outside world andeconomicreform. the to door’ ‘open an of policy China’s of author main the and Party munist Com- Chinese the of General-Secretary Deng Xiaoping public. Re People’s the of integrity territorial the threaten activities whose dangerous‘splittist’ a as party-state Chinese by the regarded figure a and exile in administration political Tibetan the of head secular Buddhism, Tibetan of leader spiritual (b.1935): Dalai Lama leave Chinato study law inNew York. towasallowed Chen 2012, Maylate In provinceto EmbassyUS Beijing. the in Shandong Linyi, in arrest house from escaped who activist rights civil blind Shanghai-based writer HanHan. 2011 for a high profile dispute with the exposure of academic fraud, known in his for cop’ ‘science the called quently fre writer a Shimin, Fang of donym 方舟子 邓小平 方滨兴 (b.1967): the pseu - the (b.1967): (1904-1997): past 陈光诚 b16) com- (b.1960): (b.1979): - - Gu Kailai nist Party, imprisoned inXinjiang. Commu- the of critic open An groups. religious of members defending for rights lawyer under police surveillance He Guangping several Chinesemediaorganizations. by year the of person named driver car race and author best-selling ger, the prevailing Party line. supports aggressively that ple’s Daily the under tabloid a , Hu Xijin of Guangdong province. Bureau Security Public the of Director Gao Han Red Cross Societyof China. the for work to claiming while online wealth extreme flaunting by celebrity gained who woman twenty-year-old Guo Meimei nessman Neil Heywood inChongqing. the suspicious death of the English busi- to relation in investigation under put was Gu 2012, early In Xilai. Bo of wife and attorney successful Kailai): Horus 胡锡进 韩寒 谷开来 (b.1982): celebrity blog- celebrity (b.1982): 郭美美 高智晟 (b.1960): Editor of Editor(b.1960): 何广平 (b.1958, aka Bo-Gu Bo-Gu aka (b.1958, / 郭美玲 (b.1966): human human (b.1966): (b.1954): Deputy (b.1954): b19) a (b.1991): Peo The - cials, includingWen Jiabao. offi- government and Chinese people business by celebrated were ments was death whose mourned in China and whose achieve Apple, of CEO Jobs Steve andMayorty Secretary of Shanghai. Parpreviously- Party; the of General Secretary former and China of ident Jiang Zemin hai’s EconomicCommittee. 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His wife Liu wife His power’. state verting for‘subsentenced2009 and in gaoled Prize Peace Nobel 2010 the of winner and activist rights human writer, ic, Li Yi nist Party inBeijing2011. Commu- Chinese the of founding the of anniversary ninetieth the for event commemorative a at songs’ Sina ‘red sang of CEO the with together who 刘霞 Robin Li Li Zhuang province. Chongqing in retreat Taoist a larized NationalTaoist whopopu Association the of Vice-president a and priest ist Lien Chan down. Chongqing’s ‘Strike Black’ crime crack in charged individuals defending for detention. statekepta is in crime, ofhome illegal , who has not been accused of any of accused been not has who , 李一 李彦宏 (b.1969): contemporary Tao 李庄 連戰 刘晓波 (b.1961): lawyer gaoled (b.1968): CEO of Baidu of CEO (b.1968): (b.1936): former Vice- former (b.1936): b15) academ- (b.1955): - - - - - Mao Zedong ‘Cultural China,PoliticalSurvival’. Nationalistbased government espouse Taiwan-the that proposed he China of led to the establishment of the Republic year of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution centennial that the marking when 2011, early In mainland. the with relations improving of aim stated the with 2012 Party, in elected in 2008 and re-elected Nationalist the of Chairman the and dent of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Liu Zhijun Ma Ying-jeou Confucius PeacePrize. Bank in Beijing who firstproposed the Liu Zhiqin tion of China’shigh-speedrailsystem. construc the with associated ruption cor for sacked Railways of Minister positive andthirtypercent negative. percent seventy been have to deemed officially is nation the to contribution His Revolution. 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