This day, 1 February, in 1662, Dutch Governor Frederick Coyett surrendered Formosa to Zheng Chenggong, better known internationally as Koxinga, after he besieged Zeelandia 8 months earlier. Zheng had led tens of thousands of soldiers from Xiamen via Penghu...
This day, 31 January, in 1992, Premier Li Peng attended the United Nations Security Council Summit held in New York, where he reminded that China would abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter, and discussed challenges facing...
This day, 30 January, in 2004, the “China-Arab States Cooperation Forum” was established during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. This was to lead to a 2018 agreement to establish a future-oriented,...
This day, 29 January, in 1979, Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping paid an official visit to the United States at the invitation of President Carter, the first visit by a Chinese leader to the USA after the founding of New...
This day, 28 January, in 1973, Foreign Minister Ji Pengfei delivered a speech regarding the signing of the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, in which he congratulated the Vietnamese people on their great victory...
This day, 27 January, 1964, China and France established diplomatic relations, a symbolic move in the differentiation of international political forces after Word War II as to the decline in control by the USA and the USSR over their...
This day, 26 January, in 1841, the British sent troops to forcibly occupy Hong Kong. This followed the British consul Charles Elliot’s leading of a fleet to invade Tianjin and submit “Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston’s Letter to Minister of...
This day, 25 January, in 1957, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Nepal, met with King Mahendra and held talks with Prime Minister Acharya. The two sides issued a joint communique stating that Asian unity is of great significance to maintaining...
