Portal:China/Anniversaries/January/January 17

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• 1941 - Kuomintang forces under the order of Chiang Kai-Shek opened fire at communist force, Chinese Civil War resumes after WWII. (Chinese: 皖南事变).
• 1974 - Birth of Yang Chen, Chinese footballer
• 2005 - Death of Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)