Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
2013.12.28
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·北京市西城区
Xi Jinping, accompanied by his entourage, went to the Qingfeng Bun Shop on Yuetan North Street in Beijing's Xicheng District, where he ordered scallion buns, stir-fried liver, and mustard greens.
2013.11.23
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Taipei
On November 23, 2013, Zhang Ziyi won Best Leading Actress at the 50th Golden Horse Awards for Wong Kar-wai's film The Grandmaster, and combined with her previous awards she became a grand slam winner of the five major Chinese-language Best Actress honors.
2013.11.16
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Beijing, China
Xi Jinping had his last face-to-face meeting with Bo Xilai in Qincheng Prison. The two discussed power struggles and women, with Bo Xilai lamenting his loss.
2013.11
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
The Third Plenary Session passed an economic decision. The head and main drafters of the drafting group did not include Li Keqiang, indicating a shift in decision-making power regarding major economic directions.
2013.10.19
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·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Changsha, Hunan
On October 19, 2013, New Express Daily reporter Chen Yongzhou was criminally detained across provincial lines by Changsha police on suspicion of damaging commercial reputation after publishing reports critical of Zoomlion; the newspaper subsequently ran "Please release him" on its front page.
2013.10.01
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Shenyang, Liaoning
On October 1, 2013, Xia Junfeng was buried on the seventh day after his death; his family went to the Shenyang Memorial Cemetery, and besides relatives and friends, hundreds of netizens came to see him off; the authorities blocked and deleted related news.
2013.09.25
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·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Shenyang, Liaoning
On September 25, 2013, after the Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence, Xia Junfeng, a street vendor from Shenyang, Liaoning, was executed by the Chinese Communist Party’s evil regime. Earlier, while setting up his stall on the street, he was beaten by chengguan and forced to draw a knife in self-defense, killing two chengguan. The court categorically refused to admit the defense’s eyewitness testimony, sparking years of joint appeals by legal scholars, lawyers, and citizens across the country to “spare his life.” Before his death, Xia Junfeng left these last words: “I will never accept this even in death; I was acting in self-defense.”
2013.09.22
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·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Beijing
Bo Xilai was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013. The video claims he later met with Baozi (Xi Jinping) in Qincheng Prison.
2013.09.13
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·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
On September 13, 2013, Beijing police criminally detained venture capitalist Wang Gongquan on suspicion of assembling a crowd to disrupt order in public places. He is a major supporter of the New Citizens' Movement, and his Weibo account had previously been deactivated.
2013.09.09
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·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
In 2013, the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a judicial interpretation stipulating that online commentary reposted 500 times or more can be prosecuted as the crime of defamation.
2013.09
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
In September 2013, Fang Xinghai joined the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs Office as a巡视员 (Inspector) of the Economic Group I.
2013.08.30
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Shenyang, Liaoning
After taking office, Xi Jinping inspected Shenyang Machine Tool and said that technology, like food, cannot be relied on others for; the remarks have since served as a long-standing political banner for the high-end CNC machine tool and industrial mother machine sectors.
2013.08.23
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
On the evening of August 23, 2013, 13 days after attending the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities, Xue Manzi, who had 12 million followers on Weibo, was arrested in a residential compound in Anhuibeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, and was subsequently forced to make a televised confession of about 10 minutes, stating that he had spread false information.
2013.08.19
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 4
·China
On August 19, 2013, internet promoter Qin Zhihui (online alias Qin Huohuo) was criminally detained by Beijing police on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and illegal business operations, becoming the landmark case of that year's special campaign against online rumors.
2013.08.10
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
China has begun a crackdown on major online influencers, issuing regulations such as the “Seven Bottom Lines for Cyberspace”, and Ren Zhiqiang foresaw the danger of speaking the truth in his book.
2013.08
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing
Lu Wei, head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, presided over the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities and put forward seven bottom lines; afterwards, internet big-V Xue Manzi was arrested in Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitutes and was forced to make a televised confession.
2013.06.20
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
After taking office, Li Keqiang adopted 'Likonomics' measures such as restricting government spending and deleveraging, attempting to control ballooning debt and promote market-oriented reforms.
2013.05.07
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Shijiazhuang, Hebei
On the afternoon of May 7, 2013, at 5 pm, 18 days before the wedding date, the demolition team of the Beigaoying Village Committee forcibly demolished Jia Jinglong's wedding home with an excavator. His father was restrained, relatives were beaten, Jia Jinglong was injured in the head, and the engagement was later broken off.
2013.05
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Paris, France
At the press conference after her second-round defeat at the French Open, Li Na fired back at reporters by asking, "Should I kowtow three times and kowtow nine times? Apologize to them?", sparking a huge public controversy and criticism from state media.
2013.05
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Shijiazhuang, Hebei
After Jia Jinglong's marital home was forcibly demolished in May 2013, he repeatedly wrote letters of complaint to the Chang'an District Procuratorate and the district letters and visits bureau, and repeatedly sought talks with village head He Jianhua over compensation, all to no avail.
2013.04.22
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
The CCP issued Document No. 9, designating constitutional democracy, universal values, and six other ideas as cultural symbols to be vigilant against and eliminate.
2013.04.04
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·北京杨佳墓地
During the 2013 Qingming Festival, the public faced little obstruction in mourning Zhao Ziyang, but six artists and more than thirty petitioners who went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing were taken away by the police station. Netizens called Yang Jia a knight-errant and a swordsman.
2013.04
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Shenyang, Liaoning
In April 2013, Second Floor Press published 5,000 copies of a painting album by Xia Jianqiang, the son of Xia Junfeng, priced at 128 yuan; the paintings were later accused of plagiarizing Jimmy Liao, sparking controversy.
2013.03.23
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Moscow
In his speech at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Xi Jinping indirectly denied the possibility of democratization in China with his "shoe theory."
2013.01.14
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Guangdong
On January 14, 2013, the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Guangdong Provincial Committee deliberated and approved the list of members of the 11th Provincial CPPCC Committee, with Stephen Chow among them; on January 22 he did not check in in person, and his secretary collected the attendance badge on his behalf.
2013.01.05
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Beijing, China
While delivering a speech at a seminar for newly promoted members of the CCP Central Committee, Xi Jinping stated that the historical period after reform and opening-up cannot be used to negate the historical period before it, and vice versa.
2013.01
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 3
·Liaoning
The first session of the 12th Liaoning Provincial People's Congress elected 102 deputies to the National People's Congress; it was later discovered that 45 of them were involved in vote-buying. Among the 619 provincial deputies, 523 were implicated and eventually resigned or were removed from office.
2013
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
Ren Zhiqiang actively interacted with netizens on Weibo, and his influence rapidly expanded, making him a public figure with immense public opinion power, even capable of influencing the stock prices of listed companies.
2013
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
To acquire three companies including Century Partners, Beijing Culture raised approximately 3.3 billion yuan through a private placement, of which Fude Life Insurance subscribed for over 1.3 billion yuan, becoming Beijing Culture's largest shareholder with a 15.81% stake.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·United States
Cosar was fined $2.8 million by the US and £600,000 by the UK, and sentenced to three years in prison for harvesting profits in the commodity market by placing fake large orders to lure followers and then instantly canceling them.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Ren Zhiqiang was elected the fifth president of Alxa SEE. His role shifted from supervisor to organizer, where he began learning to listen and compromise, setting a pragmatic goal of increasing membership by 200.
2013.01
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·China
Southern Weekend's New Year's address "Chinese Dream, Constitutional Dream" was withdrawn by the Propaganda Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, marking an intensification of media control.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Well-known public intellectual Xue Manzi was arrested on charges of prostitution and had his account banned, signaling a crackdown on public opinion.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
China's current Exit and Entry Administration Law was passed in 2012 and began to be implemented in 2013.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Guizhou
After serving as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and Acting Governor of Guizhou Province, Chen Min'er was confirmed and officially took office as Governor of Guizhou Province.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing, China
Big Fifty-Cent Sima Nan publicly questioned Pan Shiyi and Ren Zhiqiang over suspected benefit transfers and the embezzlement of state-owned assets, slapping them with the "Pan-Ren-Mei" label.
2013
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
In different regions of China, the purchase price for solar photovoltaic power is about 0.9 yuan to 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour, higher than the cost of coal power over the same period, and a commitment is made to continue purchasing at this preferential price for 20 years.
2013
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·London, United Kingdom
In 2013, a high-frequency trading system at a London venue produced a large number of spoofed orders that never executed; the relevant orders were flagged as market data anomalies and triggered a market flash crash.
2013
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Xi Jinping came to power in 2013.
2013
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Wang Ning was formerly Deputy Chief of the General Staff; after Xi Jinping took office in 2013, he promoted him to the position of Commander of the People's Armed Police.
2013
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Wen Jiabao stepped down from the office of Premier of the State Council, ending his term as premier.
2013
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Jing Tian went on to appear in Special Identity, starring Donnie Yen, as well as Jackie Chan's Police Story 2013, further consolidating her connections in the film and television industry.
2013
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Justin Sun joined blockchain company Ripple Labs as chief representative for Greater China.
2013
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
According to a friend of Pan Shiyi, after the internet management meeting requested attendees to post less critical content, Ren Zhiqiang immediately retorted by asking if it was wrong to speak up when one is in the right.
2013
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Wuxi
The fact that Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting had three children in violation of the birth policy was publicly exposed, after which the Binhu District Family Planning Bureau of Wuxi City collected more than 7.48 million yuan in social maintenance fees from them.
2013
·Verified
·Importance I
·Sources 1
·中國
“Songs and Smiles” was placed at the very end as the closing number of the 2013 CCTV Children’s Day Gala.
2013
·Reported
·Importance I
·Sources 1
·China
In an interview with People magazine, Ren Zhiqiang talked about Pan Shiyi's Bahá'í faith and said that he believes in the Chinese Communist Party, and that the two can still be friends.
2013.01
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·Beijing, China
Qi Qiaoqiao, the elder sister of Xi Jinping, and her husband Deng Jiagui sold their 50% stake in a Beijing investment company to a company founded by Xiao Jianhua, removing their names from the assets.
2013
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Shenzhen
According to business registration records, the Houde Qianhai Fund was established in 2013, with Foresea Life Insurance (then known as Life Insurance) contributing 9 billion yuan, accounting for 89.5%.
2013
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Iran
In 2013, while Iran was under international sanctions, Huawei smuggled equipment through Xintong, a shell company in Iran, whose employees used Huawei email addresses and ID badges. Meng Wanzhou later confessed to this matter in exchange for an agreement not to be prosecuted.