1898

Jian Bozan, Chinese Muslim and Marxist historian, born in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. Jian studied at the University of Calfornia in 1924-26, later writing the first Marxist interpretation of Chinese history. Jian joined the CCP in 1937 and was promoted to Dean of the Peking University Faculty of History. Criticized by Mao at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, Jian committed suicide along with his wife in 1968 following a campaign of sustained persecution.

1981

China triumphs at the thirty sixth Table Tennis World Championships, winning all seven gold medals on offer.

1997

United Nations vetos Anti-Chinese Rights (fan huaren quan) legislation for the seventh time. “With the direction and support of America, Western nations have raised anti-Chinese motions at seven separate hearings of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights since 1990, out of so-called “concern for the human rights situation in China”. China united developing nations to defeat Western attempts to apply a double standard and use human rights as an excuse to meddle in China’s domestic affairs”.

在美国的操纵和支持下,一些西方国家从1990年起,以“关心中国人权状况”为名,在联合国人权会议上, 7次提出反华议案。中国团结广大发展中国家,共同挫败了西方国家在人权问题上搞双重标准、借人权问题干涉中国内政的企图

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