This day, 18 July, in 1954, Zhou Enlai met with Charlie Chaplin and his wife in Geneva. When Zhou congratulated Chaplin on winning the “International Peace Prize” awarded by the World Peace Council, he said, “You are a great...
This day, 17 July, in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek for China, Winston Churchill for the UK and Harry S. Truman for the USA, issued the Potsdam Declaration, in part calling on the Japanese government to immediately declare the unconditional surrender...
This day, 16 July, in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong took the last of his 17 swims in the Yangtze River as he particpated in the 11th annual cross-river event that attracted as many as 5,000 swimmers. Mao was an...
This day, 15 July, 1979, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council approved two reports from the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Fujian Provincial Committee on implementing special policies and flexible measures for foreign economic activities, moving...
This day, 14 July, 1976, the 1,860-kilometre long Tanzania-Zambia Railway, built with Chinese assistance, was officially opened to traffic. Construction began in October 1970 and track laying was completed in June 1975. With terrain along the route complex and...
This day, 13 July, 2001, Beijing won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 at the 112th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Moscow. Upon hearing the news, a tidal wave of cheers...
This day, 12 July, in 1937, Zhang Hanhui, an early underground member of the Communist Party of China, composed “Along the Songhua River” in Xi’an. Zhang wrote both the lyrics and music for the song that depicted life for...
This day, 11 July, in 1405, Zheng He set sail from Nanjing on the first of seven voyages that would go as far as Africa. These southwestward voyages raised the international reputation of the Ming Dynasty, broadened the horizons...
