2018 in China
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The following lists events that happened during 2018 in China.
Incumbents
Paramount leader
Head of state
Head of government
National legislature
Political advisory
Supervision commission
Events
February
- 15 February – The CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which airs to millions around the country, sparks widespread criticism and faces accusations of racism after featuring a comedy sketch that featured an Asian actress in blackface and with exaggerated buttocks.[1]
March
- 11 March – National People's Congress approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting General Secretary Xi Jinping the status of "President for life".[2]
- 28 March – North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Kim's first reported trip outside the country since taking power.[3]
- March – scheduled date for the first plenary session to be held by the 13th National People's Congress
May
- May 2 – Censorship in China: Chinese authorities have blocked the popular British children's cartoon, Peppa Pig on its Douyin (Tik Tok) social media service for "subversive" content. The service had over 30,000 viral videos of Peppa Pig on its platform.[4]
- May 8 – former Chinese Communist Party Sun Zhengcai are sentenced life imprisonment for a corruption official.[5]
June
September
- September 15 — the annual routine Air Defense Alert originally scheduled for Guangzhou was cancelled.[7]。
- September 16 — Typhoon Mangkhut gradually approached Guangdong. Urban public transportation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen is also affected, in which part of the Guangzhou Metro is out of service; in Shenzhen, buses, subways, and taxis are all out of service, and pure electric taxi charging stations are also closed.[8][9]
- September 30 — Lanzhou (170) destroyer successfully expelled a US Navy warship "Decatur" destroyer that broke into China's sovereign waters in the South China Sea. The US Navy's "Decatur" destroyer passed through the waters adjacent to the Nanxun Reef, and the Lanzhou (170) destroyer intercepted it. US Pacific Fleet spokesman Charles Brown said in a statement that the Sino-US warships were less than 45 yards away.[10]
October
- October 3 – The PRC authorities ordered Fan Bingbing and the companies she controls to pay around 883 million yuan (around USD 129 million) in taxes, fines, and penalties. She also broke silence on her Weibo account by apologizing for what she had done.
Popular culture
Film
Deaths
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- 16 January – Liu Zhonghua, 101, major general.
- 18 January – Ding Guangquan, 73, comedian.
- 1 February – Su Bai, 95, archaeologist.[11]
- 11 February – Sun Shu, 84, geologist.
- 12 February – Luo Haocai, 83, politician and legal scholar.
- 19 February – Zhang Junsheng, 81, optical engineer, politician, and academic administrator.
- 24 February – Yang Rudai, 91, politician.
- 26 February – Li Boguang, 49, legal scholar and human rights activist.
- 28 February – Chen Xiaolu, 71, businessman and princeling.
- 3 March – Lin Hu, 90, air force general.
- 3 March – Yao Xian, 90, air force general.
- 7 March – Hao Bailin, 83, physicist.
- 15 March – Huang Wenpan, 22, swimmer.
- 15 March – Ling Yun, 100, politician.
- 4 April – Li Zhengyou, 82, agronomist and politician, Vice-Governor of Yunnan Province.[12]
- 7 April – Li Zhen, 93, politician, Chairman of the Shandong People's Congress.[13]
- 10 April – Li Dawei, 47, director.
- 10 April – Li Yaowen, 99, politician, general and diplomat.
- 10 April – Wu Nansheng, 95, politician.
- 10 April – Yang Gui, 89, politician, chief designer of the Red Flag Canal.
- 11 April – Li Tian, 79, physicist and aircraft designer.
- 12 April – Hu Chengzhi, 100, palaeontologist and palaeoanthropologist.[14]
- 16 April – Lü Chuanzan, 85, politician, Chairman of Hebei Provincial People's Congress (1993–1998).[15]
- 20 April – Nie Bichu, 90, Chinese politician.
- 2 May – Wang Danfeng, 93, actress
- 18 May – Sun Fuling, 96, business executive and politician
- 19 May – Zhengzhang Shangfang, 84, linguist
- 22 May – Lu Chunling, 96, flautist
- 28 May – Lin Zunqi, 75, physicist and specialist in solid-state laser
- 30 May – Li Zaiping, 92, molecular biologist
- 9 June – Zhang Junzhao, 65, film director and screenwriter (One and Eight, The Shining Arc).[16]
- 8 June – Liu Jianfu, 100, politician
- 17 June – Zhao Nanqi, 91, general and politician
- 20 June – Hu Wei, 97, general
- 21 June – Yan Jizhou, 100, film director
- 22 June – Ai Weiren, 86, Chinese soldier
- 2 July – Liu Boli, 87, nuclear chemist
- 3 July – Wang Jian, 56, businessman
- 11 July – Wu Bing'an, 89, ethnologist
- Ji Chunhua, actor (b. 1961)
- Liu Zhenhua, general (b. 1921)
- 18 July – Ling Li, writer and historian (b. 1942).[17]
- 26 July – Sha Yexin, 79, playwright
- 30 July – Zhou Yaohe, 91, scientist
- 31 July – Su Hongxi, 103, surgeon.
- 1 August – Cui Xiuwen, artist.
- 3 August – Zhang Baosheng, 57-58, qigong master.
- 1 September – Chen Xian, politician (b. 1919).
- 7 September – Chang Baohua, xiangsheng actor (b. 1930).
- Yang Side, general (b. 1921)
- Sheng Zhongguo, 77, violinist
- 11 September – Shan Tianfang, pingshu actor (b. 1934).
- 13 September – Lin Hujia, politician (b. 1916).
- 15 September – Zhu Xu, 88, actor
- 16 September – Min Naiben, 83, physicist, materials scientist, and politician
- Wang Guofa, 72, politician
- 19 September – Buren Bayaer, 58, singer and journalist.
- 20 September – Wang Mengshu, 79, tunnel and railway engineer
- 23 September – Liu Jie, 103, politician
- 28 September – Zang Tianshuo, 54, musician
- Shi Shengjie, 65, xiangsheng comedian
- 5 October – Lin Xiao, politician (b. 1920).
References
- ↑ "China's biggest show in 'racist blackface'". BBC News. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ↑ "China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed". BBC News. 11 March 2018.
- ↑ "North Korea's Kim Jong Un visited China for secret summit". NBC News. NBC News. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ Peppa Pig got big in China. Then she got censored, CNBC
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption/former-party-boss-in-chinas-chongqing-city-jailed-for-life-for-graft-idUSKBN1I907L
- ↑ "China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "关于取消2018年9月15日防空警报试鸣的紧急通知". 广州市民防办公室. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ↑ "台风"山竹"将临：广深多处地铁、公交停运". 新京报新媒体. 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "深圳全市出租车已全部停运". 人民网-深圳频道. 2018-09-16.
- ↑ 薛艺磊. "国庆前一天，南海动魄惊心一幕！_国际新闻_环球网". world.huanqiu.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "考古学泰斗宿白病逝，一生献给考古却自认"只是个教书匠". thepaper.cn (in cn). Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ↑ 李铮友同志逝世 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 山东省人大常委会原主任、党组原书记李振逝世，享年94岁
- ↑ Obituary (in Chinese)
- ↑ 河北省政协原主席吕传赞逝世，享年86岁 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 中国电影第五代奠基人、导演张军钊去世，张艺谋微博悼念 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 历史小说家凌力逝世 曾以《少年天子》获茅盾奖 (in Chinese)
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