Diplomacy Talks

This day, 17 September, in 1894, the Battle of the Yalu River took place between ships of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, in what was to be the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese...

This day, 16 September, in 1986, Deng Xiaoping met with Taisto Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, as the first Finnish head of government to visit China since diplomatic relations were established. During their talk, Deng said, “Our opening...

This day, 15 September, in 1999, saw the successful conclusion of the 22nd Universal Postal Union Congress in Beijing, at which was adopted the Beijing Postal Strategy, a world postal development program. The Universal Postal Union was founded on...

This day, 14 September, in 2017, China’s first biometric visa was issued by the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria. With the applicant’s face and fingerprint information thereon, biometric visas comply with the development trend of international visa technology, help improve...

This day, 13 September, in 1993, Chinese Vice Premier, Zou Jiahua, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic, Henryk Goryszewski, signed the “Agreement on Economic and Trade Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic...

This day, 12 September, in 1984, the 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship held its first meeting in Japan, as an advisory body to the Chinese and Japanese governments composed of people from the two countries’ academic, political and...

This day, 11 September, in 1973, French President, Georges Pompidou, visited China, becoming the first sitting head of state from a Western European country to do so. Met at the airport personally by Premier Zhou Enlai, and Vice Premier...

This day, 10 September, in 1960, President Ahmed Sékou Touré of the Republic of Guinea paid an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President, Liu Shaoqi, as the first African head of state to do so....