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Events in the year 2012 in China.

Incumbents

Events

January

February
  • February 1 - Guizhentang Pharmaceutical company IPO controversy
  • February 8 - Chongqing public security bureau head Wang Lijun seek political asylum in US consulate.
  • February 8 - Cross-strait language database introduced by both sides of strait.
  • February 11 - Elections in Wukan following the Protests of Wukan
  • February 22 - Chinese coast guard opens fire on Vietnamese ships at Paracel Islands with no casualties reported.[3]
  • February 28 - Terrorists kill 15 people in Yecheng, Xinjiang.

March

April
  • April 8–10 – The Philippine Navy spotted Chinese fishermen fishing on the disputed Scarborough Shoal and attempted to detain the fishermen on April 10 but was blocked by the Chinese maritime surveillance ship which led to a diplomatic standoff over the shoal and the further severance of Chinese ties with the Philippines.
  • April 10 - The Chinese Communist Party suspends the Politburo membership of former senior official Bo Xilai, while his wife Gu Kailai is named as a suspect in the murder of a British businessman.[4][5]
  • April 19 - In golf, 13-year-old Chinese Guan Tian-lang becomes the youngest player to compete on the PGA European Tour when he bogeys at the Volvo China Open.[6]
  • April 28 - Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing.[7]

May
  • May 7 - South Korea seizes thousands of smuggled capsules from Northeastern People's Republic of China filled with powdered human flesh.[8][9][10]
  • May 11 - Chinese scientists use quantum teleportation to transmit photons over a distance of 97 kilometres (60 mi) – a world record for quantum teleportation.[11]
  • May 13 - Torrential rainfall and flooding in China's Hunan Province destroys a bridge and 3,500 homes, leading to the evacuation of 28,000 people in Pingjiang County.[12][13]
  • May 13 - Chinese security tsar and Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang reportedly transfers his security-related duties to Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu, following the Bo Xilai scandal.[14]
  • May 16 - China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing is completed, a decade after its design by OMA.[15][16]
  • May 19 - At least 20 people are killed in an explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China.[17]
  • May 20 - Two women in Jieyang, Guangdong, PRC, are executed for counterfeiting nearly 300 million yuan RMB.[18][19]

June
  • June 16–22 - 4th Straits Forum
  • June 24 - China successfully carries out its first manual docking of a spacecraft between the Shenzhou 9 capsule and Tiangong-1 station.[20]
  • June 29 - Tianjin Airlines Flight GS7554 from Hotan Airport, Embraer E-190, to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, passengers and crew members thwart an attempt to hijack a plane in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, local authorities say.[21]
  • June 30 - Fire breaks out in a mall in Ji County, Tianjin, killing 10 people, all of which are female. Many netizens accuse the authority of a cover-up and believe, based on unconfirmed reports, that hundreds may have perished during the fire.[22]

July

August

September

October
  • October 4 - Landslide buries at least 19 people in the Southwestern province of Yunnan

November

December
  • December 14
    • 23 children and an elderly woman were injured during a stabbing incident.
    • SM City Chongqing, the sixth SM Mall in the Chinese mainland was opened.
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References
  1. 警包庇殺人犯江西5000人騷亂 - 東方日報
  2. 世界新聞網-北美華文新聞、華商資訊 - 江西騷亂 5000人圍攻派出所
  3. 傳中國海監船向越南漁船開火 - 有線寬頻 i-CABLE
  4. China suspends Bo Xilai from Communist Party politburo, wife suspected of murder - The Times of India
  6. BBC Sport - Guan Tian-lang, 13, becomes youngest player on European Tour
  7. Chinese activist 'in hiding' in Beijing - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
  8. S Korea seizes pills ‘made from dead babies’ - World News | IOL News | IOL.co.za. 07 May 2012
  9. S Korea cracks down on 'human flesh capsules' - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English. 07 May 2012
  10. Pills filled with powdered human baby flesh found by customs officials - Telegraph. 07 May 2012
  11. Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers | Popular Science
  12. Bridge collapses in central China, casualties unknown - Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 - English Window to China New
  13. 6 missing as runaway boat brings down bridge - Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 - English Window to China New
  14. Bo ally gives up China security roles - FT.com
  15. China's distinctive CCTV headquarters is completed | World news | The Guardian
  16. China's CCTV Headquarters Completed
  17. BBC News - China tunnel explosion in Hunan province 'kills 20'
  18. "广东两女子伪造近3亿人民币_网易新闻中心". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  19. The two women forged nearly 300 million yuan RMB | Inside China
  20. BBC News - China Shenzhou-9 spacecraft makes first manual docking
  21. Passengers and crew foil hijack attempt in China - CNN.com
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