This day, 31 July, 1989, the iron oxen of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Yongji County of Shanxi Province. Cast in 725 BCE to stabilise the Pujin floating bridge and connect Sha’anxi with Shanxi, at the end of...
This day, 30 July, in 1992, China submitted an official document to UNESCO which marked its formal accession to the “Universal Copyright Convention”. The move reflected China’s good intentions in improving its copyright protection system, promoting international literary, artistic...
This day, 29 July, in 1985, the State Council approved the expansion of the scope of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone to cover the entirety of Xiamen Island and the island of Gulangyu. While the former constitutes the core...
This day, 27 July, in 1958, General Claire Lee Chennault, commander-in-chief of the famous American volunteer air force, the “Flying Tigers”, passed away. During World War II, between 1941 and 1943, the Tigers transported arms and supplies to China,...
This day, 26 July, in 1947, ships surrendered by Japan to China arrived in Shanghai. Received by the Nanjing National Government in two batches, each flew an “E” signal flag, designated as a provisional Japanese civil ensign. The acceptance...
This day, 25 July in 1996, Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen attended the First China-ASEAN Dialogue Meeting, during which China became a formal dialogue partner of ASEAN, opening the way for China and ASEAN to develop friendly...
This day, 24 July, in 1886, China and Britain signed the “Burma Articles”, in which both countries agreed that “the frontier between Burmah and China was to be marked by a Delineation Commission”. Article 2 in particular stated,...
This day, 23 July, 1965, Premier Zhou Enlai sent a telegram to the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, pointing out that the Chinese government has always advocated the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of all nuclear weapons,...
