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Events in the year 2008 in China.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

January[]

2008 Chinese winter storms: Residents battle China's worst snow storm in 50 years.
  • January 25 – 2008 Chinese winter storms: 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.[1]
  • 2008 Republic of China legislative election

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • April 1 – Ren Xiaofeng and Ma Xiangjing, the perpetrators of the largest bank robbery in Chinese history, are executed.[3]
  • April 14 – 27th Hong Kong Film Awards
  • April 28 – 2008 China Railways train T195 accident: 71 die in a train crash in Shandong, China.[4]
  • Protests in London, Paris and San Francisco during 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
  • 2008 Demonstrations against Carrefour supermarket chain
  • Tanker An Yue Jiang containing arms sold to Zimbabwe refused entry into Southern Africa.
  • Miss Tourism Queen International

May[]

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China killed nearly 80,000 people
  • May 11 – China Commercial Aircraft Corporation (COMAC) was founded.[citation needed]
  • May 12 – 2008 Sichuan earthquake: Over 70,000 killed in central south-west China by the Wenchuan quake, an earthquake measuring 7.9 Moment magnitude scale. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (56 mi) west-northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, Sichuan province.
  • 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.
  • President Hu Jintao visits Japan, meets with Yasuo Fukuda, makes speech at Waseda University.

June[]

  • June 4–8 – 2008 Jiangsu Snooker Classic
  • June 10 – The 270 ton sport fishing vessel Lien Ho of Taiwan suffered a collision with a Japanese patrol vessel, Koshiki, and subsequently sank, while in the disputed territorial waters around the Diaoyutai Islands that have been claimed by Japan and Taiwan (ROC). The Taiwanese crew who were aboard the vessel claims that the larger Japanese frigate deliberately crashed into them; their assertions are backed up by recently released video footage.[5]
  • June 13 – Gas leak kills six and injures 28 at Chinese fertiliser factory (Wikinews)
  • June 14–22 – 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival
  • June 20 – Colonel Wang Hui-hsien, a former Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) analyst, is arrested in Taiwan on charges of selling state secrets to Mainland China.[6]
  • June 22 – Controversial journalist Lu Keng passes away at age 89.
  • June 28 – The 2008 Guizhou riot takes place following the alleged cover-up by authorities over the death of a teenage girl.
  • 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 US$3 billion, with potentially two billion tonnes of copper ore. The deal was brokered by Chinalco, a PRC-government owned company.[7]
  • The Republic of China (Taiwan) reasserts claim to the Diaoyutai Islands.[8][9]
  • 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 1–0 defeat for the Socceroos was their first home defeat in a World Cup qualifier in 27 years.[10]

July[]

August[]

Fireworks held during the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at the Beijing National Stadium

September[]

October[]

  • October 6 – 2008 Damxung earthquake
  • October 20 – Windows Genuine Advantage introduced onto Chinese language computers, causing issues for the large majority of users in China running an unauthorized copy of Microsoft Windows
  • October 20 – Japanese and Chinese students clash at the Shanghai International Studies University,[26] sparking mass violence within the campus and controversy regarding Anti-Japanese sentiment among Chinese youths. Ten police vehicles were dispatched to quell the violence.[27]
  • October 21 – Zhang Mingqing (張銘清), Beijing official for the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, was attacked by Taiwan Independence activists.[28][29][30][31]
  • October 23 – Chinese dissident Hu Jia wins European Union human rights prize
  • October 30 – Evermore Office suite 2009 downloaded 5.3 million times since Microsoft began its anti-copying measures with Windows Genuine Advantage.[32][33]

November[]

December[]

  • December 3 – Internet cafes in Nanchang, are required to install the Chinese Linux distribution Red Flag Linux as a replacement for unlicensed versions of the popular Microsoft Windows operating system, or switch to legitimate copies of Microsoft Windows.
  • December 10 – Charter 08
  • December 13 – The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet in Fukuoka, Japan for a trilateral meeting promoting political ties.[37]
  • December 17 – The MV Zhenhua 4, a Chinese fishing boat owned by China Communications Construction, was hijacked by Somali pirates on the way back to Shanghai, but deterred as crews radioed for help. The 30 crew members fought for four hours after nine pirates armed with rocket launchers and heavy machine guns boarded the ship. A Malaysian warship, Sri Indera Sakti and Malaysian military helicopter arrived and fired on the pirates, who fled the scene. No crew members were injured.[38][39] The crew used water cannons, molotov cocktails and beer bottles to defend against the pirates, whom were fully armed.[40]
  • December 18 – Chinese warships depart for the Gulf of Aden in response to the growing threat of Somali pirates.[41][42][43] This is the first time China has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

Sports[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

Hua Guofeng

See also[]

Tropical Typhoons of 2008[]

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