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On this Day in Chinese History; 6 November

This day, 6 November, in 1995, Professor Wang Xuan, Dean of the Peking University Founder Technology College, won the year’s “UNESCO Science Prize”, prompting that organisation to point out that the Chinese computer phototypesetting system developed under the leadership...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 November

This day, 5 November, in 1991, a high-level Vietnamese delegation paid an official visit to China, leading to the issue of a joint communiqué announcing the normalisation of relations between the two countries. Both sides agreed that in the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 4 November

This day, 4 November, in 1972, a grand acceptance ceremony was held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park to welcome Kang Kang and Lan Lan, a pair of giant pandas from the Beijing Zoo, to settle in Japan. The senior Japanese...

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 November

This day, 3 November, in 1987, UNESCO presented an award to Yuan Longping at its Paris headquarters in recognition of his cultivating high-yield hybrid rice. The “UNESCO Science Prize” was established in 1968 and is awarded every 2 years...

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 November

This day, 2 November, in 2017, the concept of, “Building a community with a shared future for mankind”, proposed by China, was included in the “Further Practical Measures for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space”, and,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 November

This day, 1 November, in 1991, the Chinese government published a white paper entitled, “The Human Rights Situation in China”, in which it was pointed out that since countries have huge differences in their historical backgrounds, social systems, cultural...

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 October

This day, 31 October, in 2022, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President, Xi Jinping, held a ceremony to award the “Medal of Friendship” of the People’s Republic of China to General...

On this Day in Chinese History; 30 October

This day, 30 October, in 1954, a ten-member delegation of the Red Cross Society of China visited Japan and met with the Japanese Red Cross Society, together with people from all walks of life, conveying the friendly feelings of...

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