* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

* 2012 – The Independent State of Azawad is declared.

* 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1945 – Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater ( d. 2012 )

* 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian politician ( b. 1922 )

* 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer ( b. 1947 )

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician ( b. 1898 )

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 2012 – Jerry Lynch, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

* 2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian politician ( b. 1921 )

* 1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate ( d. 2012 )

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ( d. 2012 )

* 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – John Berry, English motorcycle racing promoter and manager ( b. 1944 )

* 2012 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist ( b. 1927 )

In the Chinese first-class university ranking of 2012 by Wu Shulian of China Management Academy, it was placed 8th.

In 2012 Chinese national university ranking edited by Wu Shulian, Southeast University was placed 17th in the national university ranking in China, together with other 18 universities as China's top tier national universities.

In 2012, The Big Wu re-established themselves as one of the premier jam-bands in the world.

In May 2012 Wu Man released her album Borderlands, the final installment of the acclaimed ten-volume “ Music of Central Asia ” ethnographic series, produced by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Culture Heritage, that traces the history of the pipa in China.

Wu Man traveled to Singapore in June 2012 to collaborate on a theatrical project by TheatreWorks ’ artistic director Ong Keng Sen called Lear Dreaming.

Based on Shakespeare ’ s “ King Lear ,” the work presented an Asian-inspired interpretation of the drama that culminated in two sold-out world premiere performances during the 2012 Singapore Arts Festival, and required Wu Man to both act and play the pipa.

In August 2012, Wu Man will release her new documentary Discovering a Musical Heartland – Wu Man ’ s Return to China.

* Jie, Wu, Ciyong, Lu, Xueqing, Deng, Hui, Wang, Lingyao, Hong 2012 A Syndemic of Psychosocial Problems Places the MSM ( Men Who Have Sex with Men ) Population at Greater Risk of HIV Infection.

The year 2012 in the Chinese calendar is the Year of the Dragon.

The Chinese year beginning January 23, 2012 is reckoned in the seldom-used continuously numbered system to be 4709, 4649, or 4710, depending on the epoch used.

* 1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murder ( d. 2012 )

Hakka cuisine, or Kejia cuisine, is the cooking style of the Hakka people, who originated in the southeastern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, but may also be found in other parts of China and in countries with significant overseas Chinese communities .< ref > Linda Lau Anusasananan, < i > The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from Around the World </ i > ( University of California Press, 2012 )</ ref > There are numerous restaurants in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore serving Hakka cuisine.

* 1966 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

As of February 2012, it was reported that a Chinese company paid US $ 499, 950 into Shalli's account in Zambia while he was the NDF chief.

The Chinese leadership have long encouraged for a move inland, and in 2012, following the western crisis, the top leadership announced a policy to redirect the Chinese production toward the national market.

A 2012 Chinese study concluded that Bt cotton halved the use of pesticides and doubled the level of ladybirds, lacewings and spiders.

The Chinese lunar probe Chang ' e 2 departed from the Sun – Earth L2 point on April 15, 2012 and is en-route to the asteroid.

The most recent winner, in 2012, is Chinese architect and founder of Amateur Architecture Studio Wang Shu.

On June 18, 2012, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution introduced by Congresswoman Judy Chu, that formally expresses the regret of the House of Representatives for the Chinese Exclusion Act, which imposed almost total restrictions on Chinese immigration and naturalization and denied Chinese-Americans basic freedoms because of their ethnicity.

* Mystery ( film ), a 2012 Chinese drama film

However, partly in response to the Asian financial crisis in 1998, China has been concerned that the mainland Chinese financial system would not be able to handle the potential rapid cross-border movements of hot money, and as a result, as of 2012, the currency trades within a narrow band specified by the Chinese central government.

*** Team moved to Guizhou for the 2012 Chinese Super League season.

An analysis of the performance of these SEZs in China versus those in India in liberalizing the Chinese and Indian economies and their impact on economic growth was conducted by Leong ( 2012 ).

The 2012 Pritzker Prize was awarded to Chinese architect Wang Shu.

* Chinese Nationalism and Its Future Prospects, Interview with Yingjie Guo ( June 27, 2012 )

* The Columbia University Press web page accompanying Cai 2008 has PDF and MP3 files for more than 75 poems and CUP's web page accompanying Cui 2012 includes MP3 files of modern Chinese translations for dozens of these