Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 29 April

This day, 29 April, in 1954, the main contents of the “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence” were written in to the “Agreement on Commerce and Transportation between China’s Tibet Region and India”, the first time they were published in...

On this Day in Chinese History; 28 April

This day, 28 April, in 1984, when Deng Xiaoping met with visiting US President Ronald Reagan, he said that after reunification, Taiwan’s system will remain unchanged and the interests of the Taiwanese people will not be harmed. Taiwan can...

On this Day in Chinese History; 27 April

This day, 27 April, in 2014, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders during her state visit to China. There, she to commemorated the Massacre victims and those...

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 April

This day, 26 April, in 1954, Premier Zhou Enlai led a Chinese government delegation to attend the Geneva Conference on the issues of Korea and Indochina. Ultimately, China’s participation therein helped achieve an armistice in Indochina, ending France’s many...

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 April

This day, 25 April, in 1644, Emperor Chongzhen, also known as Ming Sizong, hanged himself, bringing about the fall of the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, he had worked hard to govern, was thrifty, self disciplined and devoid...

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 April

This day, 24 April, in 1189, construction commenced on the Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge in today’s Beijing, that would be setting for the Incident marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In “The Travels of Marco...

On this Day in Chinese History; 23 April

This day, 23 April, 1895, Tsarist Russia, together with the German and French ministers, sent a note to Japan, advising that it abandon the clause in the Treaty of Shimonoseki that ceded China’s Liaodong Peninsula to Japan, while the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 April

This day, 22 April, in 1958, construction of the Monument to the People’s Heroes in Tianamen Square in Beijing was completed. Having taken almost 6 years to build, the 37.94-metre tall obelisk weighs over 10,000 tonnes and is comprised...

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