Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
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.