Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
2005.12.29
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On December 29, 2005, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to repeal the Agricultural Tax Regulations. Hu Jintao signed Presidential Order No. 46 on the same day. From January 1, 2006, Chinese farmers no longer paid agricultural tax, reducing the burden on farmers nationwide by 133.5 billion yuan per year, an average of 140 yuan per person.
2005.12.06
·Verifying
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Shanwei
In December 2005, a large-scale clash between police and civilians broke out in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei, Guangdong, leaving 14 dead and 50 injured; the first three pages of Yahoo China's search results contained no content related to the crackdown, while the international version of Yahoo returned 370,000 related results.
2005.11.25
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Zhang Xin set up the offshore trust 11 days after Pan Shiyi transferred the relevant rights and interests; afterwards, SOHO China's listing documents disclosed the relevant offshore shareholding structure.
2005.11.14
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Pan Shiyi gifted the interests of relevant companies to Zhang Xin, as part of SOHO China's offshore structural arrangements.
2005.11
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Jiangmen, Guangdong
Li Na made a self-criticism to national team head coach Jiang Hongwei and took part in a week-long corporate employee outward-bound training arranged by the national team in Jiangmen.
2005.10.28
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·Los Angeles, United States
A Chinese couple was arrested at Los Angeles airport while preparing to leave the country. It was found that a relative of the husband worked in a classified U.S. military department, and the couple stole military secrets by carrying them out bit by bit, stored them on disks, and had the husband's younger brother take them back to China. The two were subsequently sentenced.
2005.10
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
After the 2005 National Games, Li Na criticized the national team's training and the distribution of prize money. Sun Jinfang publicly rebuked her, saying her ideological level was low and her moral quality was poor, and questioned her qualification to compete in the Olympics.
2005.05.24
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·陕西省富平县
On the third anniversary of Xi Zhongxun's death, his ashes were moved from Babaoshan to a newly built cemetery in the Fuping Pottery Village, Shaanxi, covering an initial area of about 8 mu.
2005.04
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Suqian
In April 2005, Suqian in Jiangsu publicly recruited 26 online commentators, one example of localities building teams of internet commentators.
2005.03.16
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
On March 16, 2005, the Tsinghua Network Center blocked access from off-campus, and the Shuimu Tsinghua BBS was converted into an on-campus-only system, leaving 82.3% of its former off-campus users unable to log in; on April 14 the servers were taken over by the university, and on April 19 the station affairs committee resigned en masse.
2005
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yuanwei Industrial, controlled by Qi Qiaoqiao and Deng Jiagui, and Shenzhen Metro Group jointly established Shenzhen Metro Yuanwei Commercial Development Co., Ltd., getting involved in Shenzhen Metro's above-ground property development.
2005
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
The entrepreneur circle initiated by Duan Yongji was officially named the Taishan Club in 2005. Its members include many core private entrepreneurs in China, and they hold regular closed-door discussions on policy trends and the macroeconomy.
2005
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing, China
Through a structure of BVI companies plus a Cayman Islands trust, Pan Shiyi placed as much as 94.78% of SOHO China's equity into an overseas offshore trust.
2005
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
University forums such as Peking University's Weiming and Nanjing University's Xiaobaihe have successively restricted off-campus access and require users to register with their real names.
2005
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·吉爾吉斯
Amnesty International's annual report records that Kyrgyzstan approved an extradition treaty with China; local NGOs estimate that approximately 50 Uyghurs were repatriated to China in the preceding years.
2005
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
In 2005, Xi Jinping admitted that more than 980,000 officials had been dealt with, roughly over a million.
2005
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Shanghai
Fang Xinghai was appointed Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Office in 2005.
2005
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
In 2005, the central government issued the 'Eight Measures' to control housing prices, but due to a lack of control over local governments, the results were concerning.
2005
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Shanghai, China
According to Lang Xianping's own account in October 2006, while hosting a television program at the end of 2005 he received an anonymous email reporting the misappropriation of Shanghai's social security fund and drawing attention to businessman Zhang Rongkun; the central authorities began investigating the case in early 2006.