This day, 16 January, in 1995, Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen visited Nigeria, Togo, Benin and elsewhere during his annual new year visit to Africa. Writing in “Ten Notes on Diplomacy”, Qian said of China and...
This day, 15 January, in 1988, Vice Foreign Minister Zhou Nan and Portuguese Ambassador to China Octavio Neto Valerio exchanged letters of approval in Beijing for the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on Macau, laying a legal foundation for Macau’s return...
This day, 14 January, in 1998, at the National Financial Work Conference, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji stated the Chinese government would provide selfless assistance to countries most affected by the Asian financial crisis with an attitude of sympathy and...
This day, 13 January, in 1993, the UN Secretary-General had the Chemical Weapons Convention opened for signature. Therein, an unprecedented show of support saw 130 countries sign the Convention during a 3-day conference in Paris. Then Foreign Minister Qian...
This day, 12 January, in 1959, Chairman Mao Zedong pointed out when meeting Brazilian guests that Asia, Africa and Latin America are the main forces in the world. The global population was then 2.7 billion, with 2.3 billion people...
This day, 11 January, 1964, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Ghana, where there had been an assassination attempt on President Kwame Nkrumaha. Regardless of the danger, Zhou resolutely decided to continue the visit, suggesting a break in the rules of...
This day, 10 January, in 1997, China vetoed a United Nations’ Security Council plan to send 155 United Nations military observers to monitor the Guatemala peace accords, its representative to the UN arguing the proposal undermined China’s sovereignty and...
This day, 9 January, 1965, Chairman Mao Zedong met with the American writer Edgar Snow, an old friend of China, and had a discussion on the world’s main contradictions, the Vietnam War, nuclear proliferation and the restoration of China’s...
