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Today in Asian History
July 1
1890 Japan held its
first general election for the Diet (under the newly promulgated
Constitution).
1898 Britain's 99-year lease of the "New
Territories" north of the Kowloon Peninsula went into effect. It was the
expiration of this lease that caused Britain and China to agree in 1984
that in 1997 China would regain sovereignty over the whole of Hong Kong.
1902 U.S. Congress passes the First Organic Act,
providing a formal colonial
administrative structure for
the Philippines.
1921 China's Communist Party was created in
Shanghai under the leadership of Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao.
1925 Wang Jingwei was named chairman of China's
Nationalist Government. Hu Hanmin was foreign minister,and Liao Zhongkai was
finance minister.
1979 Oil prices jumped 30% in Japan (consequence
of concerted OPEC price increases).
1987 Toshiba's chairman and president resigned
because a subsidiary sold the USSR submarine propeller technology. The US
punished Toshiba by suspending its import license.
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