Portal:China/Anniversaries/February/February 17
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- 1616 - Nurhaci founds the Qing Dynasty.
- 1895 - The Beiyang Fleet is decimated by the Japanese Navy, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 1908 - Birth of Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005).
- 1955 - The People's Bank of China released the new Renminbi currency in the People's Republic of China.
- 1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War erupts over a boundary dispute.
