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On this Day in Chinese History; 29 June

This day, 29 June, in 1920, China joined the League of Nations (Société des Nations), sending Wang Zhengting, Gu Weijun and others as its representatives. The League, founded earlier that year on 10 January by the Paris Peace Conference...

On this Day in Chinese History; 28 June

This day, 28 June, in 1954, the “Joint Statement of the Prime Ministers of China and India” was issued, with China and Myanmar following like for like the next day. The prime ministers of all three countries reiterated the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 27 June

This day, 27 June, in 1981, the “Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People's Republic of China”. 15 months in the making, the Resolution stated that “Chief responsibility for the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 June

This day, 26 June, in 1945, representatives from 50 countries signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, USA, in that which was a major achievement in planning an international peace system after World War II, reflecting the good...

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 June

This day, 25 June, in 1998, US President Bill Clinton made a visit China, the first by a sitting US president in nearly a decade. With Chinese President Jiang Zemin paying a state visit to the US in 1997,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 June

This day, 24 June in 1960, at a meeting of representatives of 12 socialist countries held in Bucharest, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev from out of nowhere made serious accusations against the Communist Party of China. Such...

On this Day in Chinese History; 23 June

This day, 23 June, in 1992, international trains started running between Urumqi and Almaty, marking the opening of road, air and rail transport between China and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Cutting the ribbon, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Xueqian said...

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 June

This day, 22 June, 1979, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Ireland established diplomatic relations. Ireland has since benefitted greatly from its relationship with China, to the extent of marking the diplomatic relations’ anniversary in 2019...

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