Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 21st century ==
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| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| 2000 || || [[Chen Shui-bian]], the opposition candidate from the native [[Democratic Progressive Party|DPP]], [[2000 Taiwanese presidential election|elected president]] by a lead of 2.5% of votes marking the end of the [[Kuomintang|KMT]] rule of China. Voter turnout was 82.69%; first [[peaceful transition of power|peaceful transfer of power]] since the formation of the Chinese Republic in 1912 and in Taiwan since 1945.
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| || [[Four Noes and One Without]]
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 2001 || 23 January || ''[[Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident]]'': Five declared by Chinese government members of [[Falun Gong]] may have burned themselves to death in [[Tiananmen Square]].
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| 1 April || ''[[Hainan Island incident]]'': A United States intelligence aircraft was intercepted and forced to make an emergency landing on [[Hainan]].
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| 10 November || ''[[World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2001]]'': The PRC joined the [[World Trade Organization]], subjecting it to that body's [[free trade]] and dispute resolution agreements. The following year, the ROC joined the WTO under the name ''[[Chinese Taipei|Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu]]'' to adhere with the [[One China]] policy.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2002 || 15 November || ''[[16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]]'': [[Hu Jintao]] succeeded [[Jiang Zemin]] as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]].
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| 16 November || An outbreak of [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] began in [[Guangdong]].
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| 2003 || 15 October || The PRC launched its first crewed space mission [[Shenzhou 5]].
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| 2004 || 19 September || [[Jiang Zemin]] resigned his position as chairman of the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] and succeeded by [[Hu Jintao]].
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| rowspan="6" valign="top" | 2005 || 14 March || The controversial [[Anti-Secession Law]] was passed, reasserting the PRC's desire for "peaceful reunification" with [[Taiwan]] and its right to resolve the issue by force. In response, 1.6 million people marched in Taipei against the PRC's "anti-secession law". Similar marches occur across the world by Taiwanese nationalists. Protests against the PRC were held worldwide, including, but not limited to: Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Paris, and Sydney.
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| March-April|| [[2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China|Pan-Blue leaders visit to mainland China]]
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| 15 April || ''[[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations]]'': Mass demonstrations against Japan took place.
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| 13 November || ''[[2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions]]'': A series of explosions at a chemical plant in [[Jilin City]] killed six and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands.
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| || President Chen is invited and attends the funeral of [[Pope John Paul II]]. He is the first ROC president to visit the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].
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| || The [[National Assembly of the Republic of China]] convenes for the last time to implement several constitutional reforms, including single-member two-vote districts, and votes to transfer the power of constitutional reform to the popular ballot, essentially abolishing itself.
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2007 || 7 May || ''[[2007 Chinese slave scandal]]'': A local television station first reported on missing children kidnapped to work as slaves at brickyards in [[Shanxi]].
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| 10 July || [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], the former head of the [[State Food and Drug Administration]], was executed for corruption.
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| 3 August || The [[State Administration for Religious Affairs]] issued [[State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5]], which required ''[[tulkus]]'' who planned to be reincarnated to submit an application to the government.
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| 24 October || The lunar orbiter [[Chang'e 1]] was launched.
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| rowspan="10" valign="top" | 2008 || 25 January || ''[[2008 Chinese winter storms]]'': A series of severe winter storms began which would claim over a hundred lives.
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| 22 March || 2008 presidential election; with 58.48% of the vote, KMT candidate [[Ma Ying-jeou]] defeats DPP candidate [[Frank Hsieh]]. Many voters boycott the referendum on whether and how to join UN so the level of voter participation required for referendum to be considered valid is not achieved. 
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| 1 May || The [[Hangzhou Bay Bridge]] opened to the public.
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| 12 May || ''[[2008 Sichuan earthquake]]'': An earthquake with its epicenter in [[Wenchuan County]] killed nearly seventy thousand people.
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| 20 May || [[Ma Ying-jeou]] sworn into office as the 12th [[President of the Republic of China|President of ROC]]. Second peaceful transfer of power with the Kuomintang regaining control of the presidency. [[Tsai Ing-wen]] inaugurate as the Chairperson of DPP.
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| 16 July || ''[[2008 Chinese milk scandal]]'': Sixteen infants were diagnosed with kidney stones in [[Gansu]] after drinking formula contaminated with melamine.
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| 8 August || ''[[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]'': A ceremony marked the beginning of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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| 6 September || ''[[2008 Summer Paralympics]]'': The thirteenth Paralympic Games began in Beijing.
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| 27 September || The astronaut [[Zhai Zhigang]] completed China's first spacewalk on [[Shenzhou 7]].
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| 6 November|| [[Wild Strawberries Movement]] in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Cooper, Marc |date=December 7, 2008 |title=Taiwanese students protest demonstration law |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-cooper/wild-strawberries-taiwane_b_149231.html |accessdate=December 12, 2008 |work=[[International Herald Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2008 |title=Wild Strawberries: Taiwanese Student Movement Stirs Anew |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/07/asia/AS-Taiwan-Protest.php |accessdate=December 12, 2008 |work=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2009 || 5 July || ''[[July 2009 Ürümqi riots]]'': A riot of some thousand [[Uyghurs]] began which involved ethnic violence against the [[Han Chinese|Han]] in [[Ürümqi]].
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| 1 October || ''[[60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China]]'': A military parade on [[Chang'an Avenue]] in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2010 || 14 April || ''[[2010 Yushu earthquake]]'': An earthquake with its epicenter in [[Yushu City, Qinghai|Yushu]] killed as many as three thousand people.
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| 1 May || ''[[Expo 2010]]'': A world's fair began in Shanghai.
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 2011 || 21 September || ''[[Wukan protests]]'': Farmers in [[Wukan]] attacked a government building due to the government's seizure without compensation of their farmland.
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| 29 September || ''[[Tiangong-1]]'' was launched as China's first prototype ''[[space station]]''.
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| 10 October || The ''[[100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China]]'' was commemorated.
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2012 || 6 February || ''[[Wang Lijun incident]]'': [[Wang Lijun]], a deputy of [[Bo Xilai]], the [[Party Committee Secretary]] of [[Chongqing]], sought refuge at a United States [[consul (representative)|consulate]].
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| 4 July || The [[Three Gorges Dam]] went into operation.
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| 19 August || ''[[2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations]]'': Anti-Japanese protests took place in China due to a dispute over ownership of the [[Diaoyu Islands]].
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| 15 November || ''[[18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]]'': [[Xi Jinping]] succeeded [[Hu Jintao]] as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and the [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman of the Central Military Commission]].
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2013 || || ''[[One Belt, One Road]]'' was proposed to connect and cooperate among countries primarily between China and rest of ''[[Eurasia]]''.
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| 29 September || The [[Shanghai Free-Trade Zone]] was established.
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| 28 October || ''[[2013 Tiananmen Square attack]]'': A car was driven into a crowd in [[Tiananmen Square]], killing the driver and two passengers, [[Uyghurs]] associated with the [[East Turkestan Islamic Movement]], and two pedestrians.
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| 14 December || The lunar lander [[Chang'e 3]] landed on the moon.
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 2014 || || China became the world's second largest economy.
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| 1 March ||''[[2014 Kunming attack]]'' is a terrorist attack, killing 31 civilians and injuring more than 140 others. No group or individual stepped forward to claim responsibility for the attack.
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| 18 March || ''[[Sunflower Student Movement]]'' in Taiwan, students occupy the [[Legislative Yuan]] force to halt the enforcement of [[Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement]].
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 2015 || 17 June || ''[[2015–2016 Chinese stock market turbulence]]'' started.
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| 3 September ||''[[2015 China Victory Day Parade]]'' was held on the ''[[Tiananmen Square]]''.
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| November || [[Ma Ying-jeou]] meets with [[Xi Jinping]], the first [[Ma–Xi meeting|Cross-Strait leader meeting]].
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2016 || 16 January || presidential election; with 56.3% of the vote, DPP candidate Tsai Ing-wen defeats KMT candidate [[Eric Chu]].
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| 20 May || [[Tsai Ing-wen]] sworn into office as the 14th and current [[President of the Republic of China|President of ROC]]. Third peaceful transfer of power and first female President in Chinese history.
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| 4 September ||''[[2016 G20 Hangzhou summit]]'' was held in the city of ''[[Hangzhou]]''.
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| 15 September ||''[[Tiangong-2]]'' was launched with mission of more than ten scientific experiments. 
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| rowspan="1" valign="top" | 2017 || 25 October || ''[[19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]]'': [[Xi Jinping]] was re-elected as the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and the [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman of the Central Military Commission]].
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| rowspan="1" valign="top" | 2018 || March || [[Xi Jinping]] removed the [[term limits]] of the [[President of the People's Republic of China|Presidency]].
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| rowspan="3" |2019 || 24 May || [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|Same-sex marriage]] becomes legal in Taiwan.
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|1 October
|[[70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China|''70th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China'']] military parade held in Tiananmen Square
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| December || First case of [[COVID-19]] identified in [[Wuhan]] leading into the [[COVID-19 pandemic|subsequent pandemic]].
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2020 || 16 January || [[Tsai Ing-wen]] [[2020 Taiwanese presidential election|re-elected]] as ROC President continuing deterioration of relations with the PRC.
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| 30 June || [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|Hong Kong national security law]] passed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2021 || 2 April || ''[[2021 Hualien train derailment]]'': A [[Taroko Express]] train was derailed at [[Hualien County]] killing 49 passengers and injuring 200 others.
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| 1 July || ''[[100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party]]'' was held as part of the [[Two Centenaries]].
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2022 || 22 October || [[Hu Jintao removal incident]]
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| 23 October || [[Xi Jinping]] was re-elected as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] for a precedent-breaking third term of [[paramount leader]] after [[Mao Zedong]]'s [[Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong|death]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=China's leader Xi Jinping secures third term and stacks inner circle with loyalists|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/23/xi-jinping-to-rule-china-for-precedent-breaking-third-term|work=The Guardian|date=2022-10-23|access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref>
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| 2 November || [[2022 COVID-19 protests in China]]
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| 30 November || Former CCP General Secretary [[Jiang Zemin]] [[Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin|died]]
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|2023
|27 October
|Former Chinese Premier [[Li Keqiang]] [[Death of Li Keqiang|died]]
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|2024
|5 November
|100 years marked since the expulsion of the last [[Emperor of China]], [[Puyi]], from the [[Forbidden City]].
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