Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 March

This day, 19 March, in 1985, China officially became a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Believing that intellectual property protection is of great significance in promoting scientific and technological progress, China regards the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 18 March

This day, 18 March, in 1983,  the Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve, aka the “Home Town of Pandas” was established. A comprehensive nature reserve that mainly protects rare wild animals and plants such as giant pandas and alpine forest...

On this Day in Chinese History; 17 March

This day, 17 March, in 2017, the concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” was written into a United Nations Security Council resolution for the first time in Resolution 2344 on Afghanistan, which also emphasised...

On this Day in Chinese History; 16 March

This day, 16 March, in 1990, the first meeting of the Shanghai Mayor’s International Entrepreneurs’ Advisory Conference was held at the New Jinjiang Hotel, with more than 60 entrepreneurs from the US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Canada and elsewhere...

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 March

This day, 15 March, 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji said, “It has been 13 years since China negotiated the resumption of WTO accession; its black hair has turned white. ... The deepening of China’s reform and opening up plus the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 March

This day, 14 March, in 1979, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was held the signing ceremony for Beijing and Tokyo to become sister cities. Beijing Municipal Leader Lin Hujia and Tokyo Governor Minobe Ryokichi signed...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 March

This day, 13 March, in 1972, China and the United Kingdom signed a joint communique in Beijing, announcing that both countries had decided to upgrade their diplomatic representatives stationed in each other’s capitals from charge d’affaires to ambassadors with...

On this Day in Chinese History; 12 March

This day, 12 March, in 1925, the great revolutionary pioneer Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed away in Beijing. He had devoted his life to the revitalisation and prosperity of the Chinese nation, actively seeking to end China’s unequal status in...

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