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Today in Asian History
March 10 1839 Commissioner Lin Zexiu, assigned to
squelch the opium trade, arrived in Guangzhou (Canton). 1905
Japan
captured the northeastern Chinese city of Mukden (Shenyang) during the
Russo-Japanese War. 1912 General Yuan Shikai
replaced Sun Yatsen as the provisional president of the Republic of China. 1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the
British governors of India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years
imprisonment. 1945
Some 300 United States bombers attacked Tokyo. This raid devastated the
Japanese capital, killing tens of thousands of people. 1959 The Chinese
military commander of Tibet invited the Dalai Lama to a theatrical
performance. Suspecting that he was to be arrested, the Dalai Lama declined to
attend. A Tibetan uprising was launched. By year's end, it had been crushed
and the Dalai Lama was in exile in India, where he remains today. The AI "Today in Asian History" page was compiled by Clayton Dube.
He welcomes your comments and suggestions. Send them to <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>. Copyright © 1998-2001 by the UCLA Asia Institute.
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