Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Wen Jiabao across 5 places, from 1989 to 2011.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 2003 to 2013 and the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Wen Jiabao is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Wen Jiabao was documented, and when
1989year
Tiananmen Squareattested“Wen's most significant political recovery occurred after accompanying Zhao on his visit to students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square in 1989.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
January 2005month
Beijingattested“Unlike Zhao, who was purged from the party days later for "grave insubordination" and lived under house arrest in Beijing until his death in January 2005, Wen survived the political aftermath of the demonstrations.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
2005year
Shanxiattested“Wen spent Chinese New Year in 2005 with a group of coal miners in a Shanxi coal mine.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
4 October 2009exact date
North Koreaattested“He went on an official working visit to North Korea on 4 October 2009, the first time a Chinese Premier has visited North Korea since Li Peng's visit in 1991.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
2011year
Chinaattested“In the 2011 Two Sessions Work Report, Wen stated his support for e-commerce in China, describing it as a mechanism to expand domestic consumption.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
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In each of these, a source puts Wen Jiabao and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1998year
World Trade Organizationmentioned“Outgoing Premier Zhu Rongji showed his esteem for Wen by entrusting him from 1998 with the task of overseeing agricultural, financial and environmental policies in the office of Vice Premier, considered crucial as China prepared to enter…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
March 2003month
Chinamentioned“In March 2003, the usually self-effacing Wen was quoted as saying, "The former Swiss ambassador to China once said that my brain is like a computer", he said.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
December 2003month
United Statesmentioned“In December 2003, Wen visited the United States for the first time.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
15 March 2005exact date
United Statesmentioned“On 15 March 2005, after the anti-secession law was passed, by a majority of 2,896 to nil, with two abstentions by the National People's Congress, Wen said: "We don't wish for foreign intervention, but we are not afraid of it." as an allu…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
2007year
Chinamentioned“He remarked that "the socialist system will continue in China for the next 100 years", although later, in a press conference at the 2007 National People's Congress, he stated that "democracy is one of the basic goals of the socialist sys…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
April 2007month
Japanmentioned“Wen also visited Japan in April 2007 in what was termed the "de-thawing journey", where he characterized the relationship between the Asian powers as for "mutual benefit".”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
January 2008month
Changshamentioned“In January 2008, while during the midst of severe snowstorms, Premier Wen made his way south and visited train stations in Changsha and Guangzhou, addressing the public while calming their mood for long train delays.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
18 March 2008exact date
Tibetmentioned“On 18 March 2008, during the press conference after the 2008 National People's Congress, Wen toed the government line in blaming supporters of the Dalai Lama for violence in Tibet, and said Chinese security forces exercised restraint in…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
September 2008month
Chinamentioned“Furthermore, in an interview in September 2008, Wen acknowledged that the democratic system in China needs to be improved, where the power "truly belongs to the people" through the construction of an independent judicial system and for t…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
November 2009month
Chinamentioned“Wen also met with European Union leaders at a China-EU conference in late November 2009, where he refused calls for China to revalue its Yuan and re-examine its foreign exchange regime.”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
12 November 2010exact date
Guangzhoumentioned“Wen acted as the spokesman of the Chinese government during the 2008 unrest in Tibet and refused to negotiate with the Dalai Lama and his followers, unless they chose to "give up all separatist activities." On 12 November 2010, during th…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
12 November 2010exact date
Tibetmentioned“Wen acted as the spokesman of the Chinese government during the 2008 unrest in Tibet and refused to negotiate with the Dalai Lama and his followers, unless they chose to "give up all separatist activities." On 12 November 2010, during th…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
14 March 2012exact date
Chongqingmentioned“After Wang Lijun incident in February 2012, Wen became one of the leading figures in the attempt to remove Bo Xilai, and he openly criticized local authority in Chongqing under the leadership of Bo Xilai during a press conference after 2…”source: Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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