This day, 25 February, 1989, Deng Xiaoping met with US President George H. W. Bush. During the meeting, Deng in part said, “The United States has 1 or 2 hundred years of experience in holding elections. If we hold...
This day, 24 February, in 1984, after inspecting the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) of Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen, Deng Xiaoping said, “The Zones are a window, a window for technology, a window for management, a window for knowledge and...
This day, 23 February, in 1979, Ambassador Ding Xuesong submitted her credentials to Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, thus becoming the first female ambassador appointed by the Chinese government since the founding of the People’s...
This day, 22 February, in 1974, the concept of the “Three Worlds” was first proposed by Chairman Mao Zedong. Meeting with visiting Zambian President Kaunda, he said, “I think the United States and the Soviet Union are the First...
This day, 21 February, in 1972, US President Richard Nixon began a historic visit to China. The New York Times that day wrote of his reception, “The President received a studiously correct but minimal official welcome as he began...
This day, 20 February, in 1958, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army issued a statement announcing that it would withdraw from North Korea in batches before the end of that year. In his farewell speech to the first officers and...
This day, 19 February, in 1997, Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of China’s socialist reform, opening up and modernisation drive, and an outstanding international strategist and diplomat, passed away. Inheriting and developing the diplomatic thoughts of Mao Zedong and Zhou...
This day, 18 February, in 1992, during Deng Xiaoping’s tour of southern China, he said, “If it takes 100 years from the founding of the People’s Republic of China to build our country into a moderately developed country, that...
