7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 30 April, in 2010, President Hu Jintao announced the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. With 246 countries and international organisations participating, during the following 6 months the Shanghai World Expo would see more than 73 million...

This day, 29 April, in 1954, the main contents of the “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence” were written in to the “Agreement on Commerce and Transportation between China’s Tibet Region and India”, the first time they were published in...

This day, 28 April, in 1984, when Deng Xiaoping met with visiting US President Ronald Reagan, he said that after reunification, Taiwan’s system will remain unchanged and the interests of the Taiwanese people will not be harmed. Taiwan can...

This day, 27 April, in 2014, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders during her state visit to China. There, she to commemorated the Massacre victims and those...

This day, 26 April, in 1954, Premier Zhou Enlai led a Chinese government delegation to attend the Geneva Conference on the issues of Korea and Indochina. Ultimately, China’s participation therein helped achieve an armistice in Indochina, ending France’s many...

This day, 25 April, in 1644, Emperor Chongzhen, also known as Ming Sizong, hanged himself, bringing about the fall of the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, he had worked hard to govern, was thrifty, self disciplined and devoid...

This day, 24 April, in 1189, construction commenced on the Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge in today’s Beijing, that would be setting for the Incident marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In “The Travels of Marco...