Portal:China/Anniversaries/February/February 28

Events

• 202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China.
• 1947 – 228 massacre: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
• 1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.

Births

• 1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate