2008 in China

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Events

January

* January 25 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country. According to Chinese news agency Xinhua report, 133 killed by 2008 China blizzard with snowstorm during January and February. [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjkVz76Icsk&refer=home Bloomberg.com: Worldwide] ]
* Republic of China legislative election, 2008

February

* East Asian Cup 2008
* Women's East Asian Cup 2008
* Edison Chen photo scandal
* The price of food continues its sharp rise, jumping by as much as 23% from January. [ [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5652453.html UN: Asia faces sharp food price inflation] ]

March

* 2008 National People's Congress
* 2008 Tibetan unrest
* People's Republic of China presidential election, 2008
* MLB China Series
* China Open 2008 (snooker)
* Republic of China presidential election, 2008

April

* Miss Tourism Queen International 2008
* April 28 - 2008 China Railways train T195 accident
* Protests in London, Paris and San Francisco during 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
* 2008 Demonstrations against Carrefour supermarket chain
* Chinese tanker containing arms sold to Zimbabwe refused entry into Southern Africa.

May

* 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix
* President Hu Jintao visits Japan, meets with Yasuo Fukuda, makes speech at Waseda University.
* May 12 - The 2008 Sichuan earthquake takes place, killing over 70,000 people.
* May 20 - Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew, both of the Kuomintang Party, sworn in as President and Vice President of the Republic of China.

June

* Meetings between the PRC and ROC take place, improving Cross-strait relations.
*Summer 2008 South China floods
*The Chinese government buys Mount Toromocho Copper Mine in Peru for USD$3 billion, with potentially two billion tonnes of copper ore. The deal was brokered by Chinalco, a PRC-government owned company. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7460364.stm BBC NEWS Americas: Peru's 'copper mountain' in Chinese hands] ]
*The Republic of China (Taiwan) reasserts claim to the Diaoyutai Islands. [ [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign%20affairs/2008/06/15/161056/Rational%2Dfirm.htm Rational, firm stand urged on Diaoyutai - The China Post] ] [ [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign%20affairs/2008/06/15/161051/Taiwan-recalls.htm Taiwan recalls its Japan envoy over Diaoyutai Islands clash - The China Post] ]
*China's national soccer team is victorious over the Australian Socceroos team during the FIFA World Cup qualifier at Sydney Olympic Stadium for the first time in history. The resulting 1-Nil defeat for the Socceroos was their first home defeat in a World Cup qualifier in 27 years. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/22/2282151.htm Socceroos fall to China in dead rubber - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)] ]
*June 13: [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Gas_leak_kills_six_and_injures_28_at_Chinese_fertiliser_factory Gas leak kills six and injures 28 at Chinese fertiliser factory (Wikinews)]
*June 28:The 2008 Guizhou riot takes place following the alleged cover-up by authorities over the death of a teenage girl.

July

*July 1: A jobless Beijing resident Yang Jia killed six police officers in a Shanghai police station.
*Resumption of Weekend Cross-strait charters between Taiwan and Mainland China after 59 years.
*Six party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program continue in Beijing.
*July 4: [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chinese_Wikipedia_unblocked_by_government Chinese Wikipedia unblocked by government (Wikinews)]
*July 10: Migrant workers riot in Zhejiang province in Eastern China for three days, which originated from quarrels between workers and police. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/14/content_6845653.htm Migrant workers attack police office in E.China] ] [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ifaEDXmXcN8Kr6IvLs830cI_1BWwD91TP3S02 The Associated Press: Hundreds of migrant workers riot in eastern China] ] [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2303618.htm?tab=latest Migrant workers riot in east China] ]
*July 17: The Chinese National People's Congress holds a press conference and releases mid-year financial statistics on the nation's GDP. [ [http://finance.ifeng.com/news/hgjj/200807/0717_2201_658743.shtml 今年上半年我国GDP为130619亿元 同比增长10.4%_财经_凤凰网] ]
*July 21 - Bomb blasts in Southern China, targeting commuter buses. [ [www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2310641/Olympic-terror-fears-as-China-bus-bomb-kills-two.html Telegraph UK] ]
*Typhoon Kalmaegi strikes areas in China.
*Chinese officials claim to have foiled a terrorist plot against the Shanghai Stadium Fact|date=July 2008.
*July 28: Typhoon Fung-wong strikes Fujian, China.

August

*August 3: The International Olympic Committee and Chinese organizers announce that all Internet restrictions have been lifted for media covering the Beijing Games.
*August 3: A total solar eclipse is visible from China.
*August 4: 2008 Xinjiang attack
*August 8: 2008 Summer Olympics
*August 26: 2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions

eptember

* 2008 Summer Paralympics
*September 2: Further flooding occurs in coastal China. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/03/content_6992742.htm China's coastal areas face further flooding - China Daily] ]
*September 5: Investigation and trial of former ROC President Chen Shui-Bian over corruption charges. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/05/content_9803013.htm Prosecutors summon ex-Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian over money laundering - XINHUA] ] [ [http://news.ifeng.com/taiwan/special/csbjxxj/ 陈水扁将竞选献金剩余款汇海外帐户被曝光_凤凰网] ]
*September 7: Hong Kong legislative election, 2008
*September 8: 2008 Shanxi mudslide
* The 2008 Chinese milk scandal, a food safety incident involving milk and infant formula which had been adulterated with melamine, broke on 9 September. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK25999920080910 Baby milk powder suspected in new China health scare] , Reuters, 10 September 2008]
*September 20: Fuhua Mining Co. Ltd., coal mine accident (3:30 am - 1930 GMT Friday) in Hegang City, Heilongjiang, where 5 miners were killed, and 27 trapped. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jr_zVrNr-wBw0MkM5HtrHGQELsqA afp.google.com, Five killed in China mine accident, more trapped: report] ] [ [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=70009&sectionid=351020404 presstv.ir, China mine accident kills 5, traps 27] ]
*September 21: 2008 Shenzhen club fire

October

* 2008 Chinese Grand Prix
* Shenzhou 7

November

* Miss International 2008
* 2008 Tennis Masters Cup

ee also

* 2008 Chinese export recalls

References