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Beijing, China
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.beijing.gov.cn/ Population:
14,560,000 (2003) COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Claud Cockburn |
Journalist |
1904 |
15-Dec-1981 |
Radical British journalist |
| Bei Dao |
Poet |
2-Aug-1949 |
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Exiled Chinese poet of the Misty School |
| Ivan Desny |
Actor |
28-Dec-1922 |
13-Apr-2002 |
Pan-European character actor |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Leon Lai |
Singer |
11-Dec-1966 |
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Fallen Angels |
| Jet Li |
Actor |
26-Apr-1963 |
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Kung fu action movie star |
| Faye Wong |
Singer |
8-Aug-1969 |
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Easily Hurt Woman |
| Ziyi Zhang |
Actor |
9-Feb-1979 |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
| Mao |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1893 |
9-Sep-1976 |
Great Leap Forward! |
| Matteo Ricci |
Religion |
6-Oct-1552 |
11-May-1610 |
Jesuit missionary to China |
| Yang Shangkun |
Head of State |
25-May-1907 |
14-Sep-1998 |
President of the PRC, 1988-93 |
| Deng Xiaoping |
Politician |
22-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1997 |
Communist Chinese leader |
| Sun Yat-sen |
Head of State |
12-Nov-1866 |
12-Mar-1925 |
President of China, 1911-12 |
| Zhao Ziyang |
Politician |
17-Oct-1919 |
16-Jan-2005 |
6th Chinese Premier sought reforms |
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