Portal:China/Anniversaries/February/February 17

Events

• 1979 – The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the Sino-Vietnamese War.

Births

• 624 – Wu Zetian, Chinese empress (d. 705)
• 1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1968 – Wu'er Kaixi, Chinese Dissident, Tienanmen Student Leader