This day, 11 August, in 1872, the first 30 government-sent overseas students in Chinese history set off for the United States. They would be followed by four batches of 120 government-funded students, who would upon their return all play...
This day, 10 August, in 1911, the Oing Navy cruiser, "Haiqi", visited New York Harbour in the United States. The Haiqi had set sail from its Shanghai anchorage, passing through the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Aden, Suez Canal,...
This day, 9 August, in 1953, Chinese swimmer, Wu Chuanyu, won the men's 100-metre backstroke championship with a time of 1 minute, 8.4 seconds, at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, Romania, becoming the first...
This day, 8 August, in 1990, the People's Republic of China resumed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Indonesia, after the relationship between the two countries deteriorated in 1965. In 1989, then Foreign Minister, Qian Oichen, went to Japan...
This day, 7 August, in 1971, the Chinese government issued a statement on the issue of nuclear weapons to advocate convening a world summit to discuss the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons, and expressing the belief...
This day, 6 August, in 1946, Chairman Mao Zedong first proposed the “middle ground” theory when he met with American journalist, Anna Louise Strong, in reference to the extremely vast area between the United States and the Soviet Union,...
This day, 5 August, in 1996, China was host to, and attendee at, the Asia-Africa Forum on Combating Desertification held in Beijing to enable African and Asian countries and their development partners to develop a framework for action as...
This day, 4 August, 2003, chemical warfare agents found to be mustard gas leaked from five drums that were uncovered at a construction site in Qiqihar City of Heilongjiang Province. 1 person died of multiple organ failure as a...
