CIIC:Selected anniversaries/December 8

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Xu Guangqi (R) and Matteo Ricci

1633: Xu Guangqi, a Ming Dynasty scientist died.

1910: Poet Bian Zhilin was born.

1971: China and Iceland established diplomatic relations.

1994: A huge fire broke out in Karamay.

2013: Cantonese opera singer and movie actress Hung Sin-nui died of a heart attack in Guangzhou.