Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 November

This day, 22 November, in 1943, the Cairo Conference, attended by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was held in Egypt. There was issued the “Cairo Declaration”, with the aim...

On this Day in Chinese History; 21 November

This day, 21 November, in 2016, President Xi Jinping delivered an speech in the Peruvian Congress entitled, “Staying in the Same Boat, Setting Sail & Jointly Creating a Bright Future for China-Latin America Relations”, and thus, under the banner...

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 November

This day, 20 November, in 1993, Chinese President Jiang Zemin attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Informal Meeting in Seattle, USA, where he would later meet with US President Bill Clinton and emphasise that the two countries share common...

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 November

This day, 19 November, in 1984, China sent its first Antarctic exploration team on board the “Xiangyanghong 10” from Shanghai to conduct a comprehensive scientific expedition. The following year, the Great Wall Station in Antarctica was completed in just...

On this Day in Chinese History; 16 November

This day, 16 November, in 1990, Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CCP, had a cordial conversation with Indonesian President, Suharto, with both sides emphasising that the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Ten...

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 November

This day, 15 November, in 1971, the delegation of the People’s Republic of China attended the United Nations General Assembly for the first time. Qiao Guanhua, head of the Chinese delegation, delivered an important speech amid endless applause and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 November

This day, 14 November, in 1994, President Jiang Zemin held a formal meeting with US President William Jefferson Clinton during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ informal meeting held in Bogor, Indonesia. Therein, President Clinton agreed with Jiang, saying and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 November

This day, 13 November, in 1989, Deng Xiaoping was meeting with a delegation from the Japan-China Economic Association, when he said, “Cooperation between our two countries must be sustained for a long time. Our policy of friendship between China...

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