7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 28 December, in 2000, the Extradition Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, providing for a solid legal foundation to ensure the normal conduct of extradition,...

This day, 27 December, in 1987, Rewi Alley died of illness in Beijing. A Kiwi born in 1897, Alley came to China in 1927 where he would initiate the Gung Ho Movement, the promoting thereof seeing him walk or...

This day, 26 December, in 1962, the China-Mongolia Boundary Treaty was signed in Beijing by Premier Zhou Enlai and General Secretary Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal on behalf of the Chinese and Mongolian governments, respectively. The treaty stipulated the location of all...

This day, 25 December, in 1991, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen reported to the Seventh National People’s Congress as to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Qian said the Chinese government adheres to non-interference in other countries’...

This day, 24 December, 1990, when discussing China’s foreign policy, Deng Xiaoping said that some countries in the Third World wanted China to take the lead, but that it must not; that it was a fundamental national policy. There...

This day, 23 December, in 1987, the Beijing International Telecommunications Bureau, a key national construction project in China, was officially opened for use. The Bureau had weaved a modern communication network that could reach all parts of the world...

This day, 22 December, 2001, the interim government of Afghanistan was established, and the Chinese government sent a message to express its congratulations. Zhang Min, representative of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited Chairman Hamid Karzai on the...