This day, 22 July, in 1944, the US Army Headquarters in China-Burma-India sent its first observation group to Yan’an. Reporting back its activities, the group was convinced that the CPC had won the broad support of the people. Prior,...
This day, 21 July, in 1896, as the continuation of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed in Beijing. As well as permitting the presence of consuls general in trading ports, the Treaty...
This day, 20 July in 1972, China and the Federal Republic of Germany signed an internal memorandum of understanding to promote the establishment of diplomatic relations. The day before, when meeting Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gerhard Schröder, Premier Zhou...
This day, 18 July, in 1954, Zhou Enlai met with Charlie Chaplin and his wife in Geneva. When Zhou congratulated Chaplin on winning the “International Peace Prize” awarded by the World Peace Council, he said, “You are a great...
This day, 17 July, in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek for China, Winston Churchill for the UK and Harry S. Truman for the USA, issued the Potsdam Declaration, in part calling on the Japanese government to immediately declare the unconditional surrender...
This day, 16 July, in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong took the last of his 17 swims in the Yangtze River as he particpated in the 11th annual cross-river event that attracted as many as 5,000 swimmers. Mao was an...
This day, 15 July, 1979, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council approved two reports from the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Fujian Provincial Committee on implementing special policies and flexible measures for foreign economic activities, moving...
This day, 14 July, 1976, the 1,860-kilometre long Tanzania-Zambia Railway, built with Chinese assistance, was officially opened to traffic. Construction began in October 1970 and track laying was completed in June 1975. With terrain along the route complex and...
