This day, 23 May, in 1985, Chairman of the Central Military Commission Deng Xiaoping announced that the People’s Liberation Army would reduce its military by one million. Deng said, “Our judgment on the international situation has changed and our...
This day, 22 May, in 1885, the great French writer Victor Hugo passed away. Of him, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing once said, “He loved his France, but he also strongly condemned the British and French coalition forces for...
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...
