May 9, 2006: China is elected a member of the UN Human Rights Council
May 9, 1932: The Interim Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic issues a "telegram on opposing the Kuomintang to betray the Songhu Agreement", denouncing the traitorous acts of the National Government and calling for revolutionary war
May 9, 1948: The CPC Central Committee and Central Military Commission decide to merge two liberated areas of the Shanxi-Chahaer-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan regions to form the North China Bureau
May 9, 2006: China is elected a member of the UN Human Rights Council
May 9, 2010: President Hu Jintao attends Russia's celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Victory
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- Harvest time for wheat reapers in Shanxi
- Over 200 couples marry in Changchun group wedding
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