Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
2012.11.16
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
On the second day after the conclusion of the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, Hu Jintao stated at an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission that Xi Jinping was a qualified General Secretary and Chairman of the Military Commission. Xi Jinping, in turn, highly praised Hu Jintao for voluntarily stepping down as Chairman of the Military Commission, marking the official completion of the power transition.
2012.11.15
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
The First Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee has concluded. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli have become the new members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Among them, Li Keqiang is the only representative of the Hu Jintao faction, while the Jiang Zemin faction holds the majority.
2012.11.15
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Beijing
After the First Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee on November 15, 2012, Hu Jintao stepped down as General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with Xi Jinping succeeding him, becoming the first non-serving-for-life top leader to hand over all of his power in one go.
2012.11.15
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
On November 15, 2012, the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
2012.10.25
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 6
·United States
The New York Times published a world-shaking investigative report revealing that relatives of Wen Jiabao's family secretly controlled assets worth approximately USD 2.7 billion.
2012.09.01
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 4
·Beijing
Following Ling Plan's departure, Li Zhanshu officially assumed office as the Director of the CCP Central Committee Office on September 1, 2012, stepping into the core power circle of the General Office in advance.
2012.09
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 13
·Beijing
After Li Zhanshu took over as director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee in 2012, he defined the office as a "political organ," transferring and demoting in batches the cronies installed by Ling Jihua on the basis of political loyalty, and remade the General Office into an institution answerable only to Xi Jinping.
2012.08.26
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Yan'an, Shaanxi
In the early hours of August 26, 2012, on the Baomao Expressway in Ansai County, Yan'an, Shaanxi, a double-decker sleeper bus rear-ended a methanol tanker and caught fire, killing 36 people and injuring 3.
2012.08.07
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
On August 7, 2012, in the men's 110 metres hurdles heats at the London Olympics, Liu Xiang fell at the first hurdle. He was diagnosed after the race with a ruptured Achilles tendon and never competed in an official event again.
2012.08
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
Toutiao, founded by ByteDance, released its first version in August 2012, using a data-mining recommendation engine to recommend news to individuals based on their behavior.
2012.06.29
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·United States
Bloomberg publishes an investigative report revealing that relatives of Xi Jinping control $376 million in assets, kicking off the high-level political power struggle on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
2012.03.18
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 3
·Beijing
In the early morning of March 18, 2012, Ling Gu, the only son of Ling Jihua, died in a Ferrari crash near the Baofusi Bridge on Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road. Two young women in the car were severely injured, triggering high-level political maneuvering and intensive news censorship.
2012.03.15
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 4
·Chongqing
On March 15, 2012, Bo Xilai was dismissed from his post as secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CCP, and three days later Ling Gu died in a car accident in Beijing. These two incidents became critical turning points in the restructuring of the top leadership power structure of the Chinese Communist Party on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
2012.03.14
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 4
·Beijing
On March 14, 2012, Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the Two Sessions Chinese and foreign press conference, emphasizing that without political structural reform, economic structural reform cannot succeed, and warning that the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution could happen again.
2012.03
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Beijing
In March 2012, Wen Jiabao spoke about reform of the system of Party and state leadership at his final press conference as premier, warning that if political reform stalled, the gains of economic reform could be lost again and even a historical tragedy such as the Cultural Revolution could happen once more; the next day, Bo Xilai was removed from his post as Chongqing Party Secretary.
2012.02.06
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 4
·Chengdu, China
Wang Lijun, disguised, fled and broke into the US Consulate in Chengdu, marking the collapse of Bo Xilai's political empire.
2012
·Official claim
·Importance V
·Sources 3
·China
The sum of GDP figures reported by provinces and municipalities in 2012 was 57.66 trillion yuan, about 10% higher than the 51.93 trillion yuan calculated by the National Bureau of Statistics; the bureau said the difference was mainly due to double counting in the tiered accounting system and differences in raw data.
2012
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012; online rumors claim that Xi Yuanping was thereby regarded as a “prince” and that capital accelerated its penetration into the entertainment industry, a claim for which no public reports provide confirmation.
2012
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·United States
A Federal Reserve study says the total net worth of U.S. households exceeded its pre-2007 financial crisis peak at the end of 2012 and has continued to grow since then.
2012
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 13
·Beijing
During Li Zhanshu's tenure as director of the CCP Central Committee General Office, the General Office successively issued rules targeting retired cadres, requiring that they not hold private gatherings, not make reckless comments about the Central Committee, not interfere in personnel arrangements, and that retired cadres obtain approval from the General Office before leaving Beijing.