7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 4 January, in 1969, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination came in to effect. The Convention remains the principal international human-rights instrument defining and prohibiting racial discrimination in all sectors of...

This day, 3 January, in 2022, China, Britain, France, Russia and the United States jointly issued the “Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races”.  This was the first...

This day, 2 January, 1952, Luo Shengjiao, a soldier of the 47th Army of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army, died heroically to rescue a North Korean teenager. Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would...

This day, 1 January, in 1979, the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America established diplomatic relations, after the U.S. government accepted the three principles for the establishing thereof proposed by China, namely the severing of...

This day, 31 December, 1953, Premier Zhou Enlai received the Indian government delegation participating in Sino-Indian negotiations on the relationship between Tibet and India, and debuted the five principles of peaceful coexistence; mutual respect for territorial sovereignty, non aggression,...

This day, 30 December, in 1983, with the approval of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China joined the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Utilisation of Outer Space, including the...

This day, 29 December, in 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into force in China. Ever since, China has attached great importance to scientific research, public education and strengthened legislation, and has established a legal system for biodiversity...