Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
2018.03.11
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 15
·China
On March 11, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress passed the amendment to the constitutional provisions regarding the terms of office of the President and Vice President, removing the limit that the President and Vice President 'shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.' This amendment was interpreted as potentially paving the way for the leader's long-term rule.
2018.03
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
Li Zhanshu was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.
2018.02.25
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On February 25, 2018, Xinhua News Agency suddenly released the CCP Central Committee's constitutional amendment proposal dated January 26, in which Article 14 deleted the provision of Article 79 of the Constitution that the President and Vice President "shall not serve more than two consecutive terms." There had been no public discussion beforehand, and two weeks later, on March 11, the National People's Congress voted to pass it.
2018.02.24
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Germany
Li Shufu spent 7.3 billion euros through an overseas entity to become the largest shareholder of Daimler. The acquisition funds and the regulatory green light have sparked speculation about political-business relations.
2018.02.15
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Hanzhong, Shaanxi
In Hanzhong, Shaanxi, Zhang Koukou attacked the Wang family in revenge for his mother being killed 22 years earlier and the murderer receiving a light sentence, killing three members of the Wang family. After the incident he turned himself in, and was executed the following year, sparking intense public discussion about judicial fairness and private revenge.
2018.01.24
·Official claim
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·China
China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.
2018.01.11
·Reported
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·天津市滨海新区
In January 2018, Tianjin Binhai New Area switched its GDP statistical basis from registered to local, revising its 2016 GDP from 1,000.231 billion yuan to 665.4 billion yuan, a drop of about one third; the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics said this had no impact on the city's overall GDP.
2018.01.10
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Guangzhou, Guangdong
In January 2018, Guangzhou doctor Tan Qindong was arrested across provincial lines by police in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia, and detained for nearly 100 days after writing a popular science article questioning the false advertising and medication risks of Hongmao Medicinal Liquor. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence and concluded with a settlement.
2018
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·United States
In 2018, during the Trump administration, the United States began imposing high-tech sector restrictions on China; on April 16, the U.S. Department of Commerce reimposed a seven-year export ban on ZTE.
2018
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Beijing
In 2018, China amended its constitution to abolish term limits for the presidency, fundamentally rewriting the power structure in Zhongnanhai with the aim of achieving long-term governance and ensuring the concentration of supreme power.
2018
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
After the military reform, the People's Armed Police (PAP) were placed under the leadership of the Central Military Commission and incorporated into the military system; Wang Ning subsequently retired.
2018
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
The video claims that between 2018 and 2022, about 100 million households bought homes at peak prices, accounting for more than 20% of all households nationwide; no public source can be found for this estimate.
2018
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
Over three years, China has rectified approximately 40,000 weak and lax village Party organizations, dealt with over 40,000 village officials, and investigated more than 90,000 cases under the guise of cracking down on 'protective umbrellas,' resulting in the punishment of over 110,000 people.
2018.01
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Inner Mongolia
A graduate doctor working at a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangzhou published a post pointing out that Hongmao medicinal liquor contains a variety of toxic Chinese herbs. After the article was widely shared online, Inner Mongolia police, without any coordination with local public security, secretly arrested him across provincial lines and detained him for months. When he was released from prison, he was physically and psychologically traumatized and covered with illnesses.
2018
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
As disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, Huawei has long helped the Chinese Communist Party build the Skynet surveillance system, and in 2018 developed the “Uyghur Alert” feature, which automatically triggers an alarm as soon as police cameras identify a Uyghur.
2017.12.27
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
The CCP Central Committee issued a decision stipulating that, effective from 00:00 on January 1, 2018, the People's Armed Police shall be under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Military Commission.
2017.11
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Beijing
Cai Qi, then Beijing Party Secretary, stressed at a meeting that bayonets must draw blood, and directed the large-scale expulsion of Beijing's low-end population, which left large numbers of people sleeping on the streets in the bitter winter and drew worldwide condemnation.
2017.10.27
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
The first Politburo meeting after the 19th National Congress adopted relevant regulations requiring Politburo members to submit written performance reports to the CCP Central Committee and the General Secretary annually, further strengthening supreme centralization of power.
2017.10.25
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
On the closing day of the First Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee, Chen Xi took over the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee and the Central Party School, breaking the convention that a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau concurrently serves as the president of the Party School.
2017.10.25
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
In the list of Standing Committee members announced at the 1st Plenary Session of the 19th CCP Central Committee, Hu Chunhua failed to enter the Standing Committee. Although Li Keqiang and Wang Yang were included, the succession plan laid out by Hu Jintao in 2012 has been significantly compromised.
2017.10.24
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
The CCP has amended its constitution to establish the leadership role of party committees in state-owned enterprises and is pushing for "two coverages," requiring party branches to fully cover private enterprises.
2017.10
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
Li Zhanshu entered the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), ranking third.
2017.09.12
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Hong Kong
After 19 years on air, the program "Qiangqiang Sanrenxing" suddenly announced on its official Weibo without any warning that it was temporarily suspended due to company program adjustments, and subsequent search results were blocked.
2017.09.04
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
On September 4, 2017, the People's Bank of China and six other government departments jointly issued an announcement declaring initial coin offerings (ICOs) to be unapproved illegal public financing, suspected of crimes such as illegal fundraising, and demanding that they be stopped immediately and unwound.
2017.09.04
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
On September 4, 2017, the People's Bank of China and six other ministries and commissions jointly issued the "Announcement on Preventing the Risks of Token Offering Financing," halting ICOs, requiring completed offerings to be unwound, and domestic Bitcoin trading platforms subsequently ceased operations one after another.
2017.08.31
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 4
·China
From August 31 to September 2, 2017, Justin Sun's TRON raised approximately $70 million through an initial coin offering (ICO). Days later, Chinese regulators halted ICOs, and TRON shifted its focus overseas.
2017.07.24
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
In July 2017, Sun Zhengcai was suddenly investigated and expelled from the CCP. He and Hu Chunhua were once seen as candidates for the sixth-generation leadership; his downfall marked a turning point for the succession plans Hu Jintao had left for himself.
2017.07.20
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
The South China Morning Post published an investigative report by financial columnist Shirley Yam regarding the relationship between Cai Huabo and a close aide to Xi Jinping, but it was subsequently retracted due to "unverifiable insinuations."
2017.06.30
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
The 'General Principles for Content Review of Online Audiovisual Programs' were released, requiring online audiovisual programs to be reviewed before broadcast and strictly restricting subjective speculative commentary, mocking serious topics, and negative controversial topics.
2017.06.22
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Beijing
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television called out Sina Weibo, AcFun, and Phoenix New Media, ordering them to halt audiovisual program services and carry out comprehensive rectification, pointing out that they extensively broadcast non-compliant current affairs audiovisual programs and social commentary programs.
2017.06.22
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Shanghai, China
Former CIA officer Kevin Mallory was lured to Shanghai in the spring of 2017 and sold top-secret defense intelligence to China, ultimately receiving a 20-year prison sentence.
2017.06
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
In June 2017, then Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang stated that the Sino-British Joint Declaration, as a historical document, no longer had any practical significance and was not binding on the Central Government's administration of Hong Kong.
2017.05
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Shenzhen
Three days after acquiring full equity in the Yuemeng project, Huacheng Group resold it to Evergrande, with the transaction involving an M&A fund established by CITIC Bank.
2017.04.20
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Guiyang, Guizhou
During the 12th Guizhou Provincial Party Congress, Xi Jinping, nominated by the central authorities to stand for election in Guizhou, was elected as a delegate to the 19th Party Congress with zero votes against from more than 730 delegates.
2017.04.20
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Guiyang, Guizhou
In April 2017, the first plenary session of the 12th CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee elected Chen Min'er to continue as provincial Party secretary, and Shen Yiqin as deputy provincial Party secretary, who also concurrently served as president of the provincial Party school.
2017.04.17
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·美国华盛顿哥伦比亚特区
On April 17, 2017, two officials from China's Foreign Ministry summoned Voice of America's Beijing-based correspondent, saying that a live-streamed interview with Guo Wengui constituted interference in China's internal affairs, and threatened that it would affect the journalist's renewal of a visa.
2017.03.19
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin
Liu Xiyong was taken to Yanbian, Jilin for interrogation in a different jurisdiction. During his time in Yanbian, he was subjected to torture by the special investigation team, resulting in seven fractures to his sternum and ribs, and died of asphyxiation.
2017.01.27
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Hong Kong, China
Tomorrow Holding boss Xiao Jianhua was cross-border taken back to the mainland from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong by state security (MSS) personnel, and his massive network of proxy-held and money-laundering assets began to be investigated.
2017
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Washington, United States
In 2017, U.S. President Trump shattered the old consensus and ultimately called China America's rival.
2017.01.01
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
The Law on the Administration of Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organizations in the Mainland of China was passed on April 28, 2016 and took effect on January 1, 2017, shifting the authority overseeing overseas NGOs from civil affairs departments to public security organs.
2016.11.15
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Shijiazhuang, Hebei
On the morning of November 15, 2016, the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court carried out the death penalty on Jia Jinglong in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court; he had shot and killed village Party secretary He Jianhua after his own marital home was forcibly demolished.
2016.11.08
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·United States
Trump stated that since his first election in 2016, he has established a friendship with Xi based on mutual respect and the fundamental interests of the peoples of both countries.
2016.11.07
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
The Cybersecurity Law was passed in November 2016 and took effect in June 2017, stipulating that platforms are also held responsible when anti-Communist or pornographic content appears on them, and that group owners may be punished if someone in a group violates the rules; thereafter, all platforms greatly increased their content moderation staff.
2016.10.24
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Beijing, China
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party studied major issues of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. After the meeting, it adopted a new code of intra-party political life and a revised regulation on intra-party supervision, and formally put forward "the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core."
2016.10.10
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
Xi Jinping publicly stated that state-owned enterprises are an important pillar for the Chinese Communist Party's governance and national rejuvenation, demanding that they be strengthened, optimized, and expanded, marking the beginning of state-owned enterprises squeezing out private enterprises.
2016.09.13
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Liaoning
Originally, the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress had 62 members, of which 38 lost their qualifications, resulting in the number of members falling below half, making it impossible to hold normal meetings and perform duties.
2016.09.08
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
In 2016, a Ministry of Finance investigation found that 72 of 93 automakers were suspected of defrauding subsidies, with the case rate reaching as high as 80%.
2016.09
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Dushan County
In September 2016, Dushan County in Guizhou broke ground on a nearly 100-meter-tall all-wood Water Company Building despite fiscal revenue of less than 1 billion yuan, taking on nearly 200 million yuan in debt; it later became an unfinished project after the funding chain broke.
2016.07.12
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 3
·The Hague, Netherlands
On July 12, 2016, the arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration issued its ruling in China's absence, upholding nearly all of the Philippines' claims and rejecting the historical rights claims based on the nine-dash line.
2016.07
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
After the South China Sea arbitration case ruling was announced in July 2016, young netizens once again organized in groups to jump the Great Firewall and go on an expedition; together with the expedition organized by Li Yi in January of the same year, this formed a fixed pattern of online expeditions.