7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 14 February, in 1950, the “Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance” was signed in Moscow. It came after Premier Zhou Enlai led a Chinese government delegation to the Soviet Union for negotiations that sought to...

This day, 13 February, in 1939, five Indian physicians dispatched to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War arrived in Yan’an after a long journey, to be personally received by Mao Zedong. Among them was Dwarakanath Shantaram Kotnis, who...

This day, 12 February, in 2006, the United Nations Convention against Corruption officially entered in to force in China. As the most authoritative and influential global legal document in the field of anti corruption,China had signed the Convention in...

This day, 8 February, in 2003, Xinhua News Agency reported that China had sent female soldiers to participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations for the first time. They were military doctors and nurses from a hospital in the Shenyang...

This day, 10 February, in 1971, the People’s Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Nigeria established diplomatic relations. Since then, Nigeria has become a significant source of oil and petroleum for China, while the former looks to...

This day, 9 February, in 2021, President Xi Jinping hosted the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Leaders’ Summit via video in Beijing and delivered a keynote speech. Therein, Xi emphasised that China-CEEC cooperation has no political strings attached; it...

This day, 8 February, in 1979, the People’s Republic of China and the Portuguese Republic established formal diplomatic relations. China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macau on 20 December, 1999, through settlement of historical issues left over by...