7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 21 May, in 2014, the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered a keynote speech entitled, “Actively Establishing an...

This day, 20 May, in 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was formally established. That same day, China became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with the new Republic, to which the first Chinese Ambassador was Shao Guanfu....

This day, 19 May, in 1971, China received a message from Nixon conveyed by Pakistan which read, “In order to resolve the differences between the two countries and given the importance attached to the normalisation of relations between them,...

This day, 18 May, in 2020, at the 73rd World Health Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “Solidarity and cooperation is our most powerful weapon for defeating the virus. This is the key lesson the world has learned from...

This day, 17 May, in 2019, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), the Legislative Executive of Taiwan implemented its “Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748”, in the process becoming the first place in Asia...

This day, 16 May, in 1997, Standard & Poor’s, the American financial credit rating company, announced that it would raise its China’s credit rating of bond issuers and priority unsecured debt from BBB to BBB+, and would change its...

This day, 15 May, 1953, China and the Soviet Union signed a protocol on the Soviet Union’s assistance to China in developing its national economy, particularly with large-scale engineering projects. During China’s First 5-Year Plan, the Soviet Union provided...