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On this Day in Chinese History; 26 March

This day, 26 March, 1987, the governments of China and Portugal initialed the “Joint Statement on the Question of Macau”, which stated that the government of the People’s Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macau...

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 March

This day, 25 March, in 2018, Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of North Korea, paid an unofficial visit to China. In Beijing, Kim met for the historic...

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 March

This day, 24 March, in 2014, President Xi Jinping attended the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, and delivered a speech in which he proposed for the first time that a rational, coordinated and progressive nuclear security...

On this Day in Chinese History; 23 March

This day, 23 March, 2013, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Moscow Institute of International Relations during his state visit to Russia entitled, “Follow the Trend of the Times and Promote Peace and Development in the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 March

This day, 22 March, 1928, Mao Zedong issued the “3 Major Disciplines and 8 Points for Attention” to the revolutionary army units in Jinggang Shan. As the earliest of Chinese Communist military regulations, the discipline became an important part...

On this Day in Chinese History; 21 March

This day, 21 March, in 1960, South African police shot and killed 69 people who were participating in a peaceful demonstration against apartheid’s “pass laws” in Sharpeville. 6 years later, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as...

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 March

This day, 20 March, in 1127, Emperor Jin Taizong of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict to depose Emperor Song Qinzong and Supreme Emperor Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty who had both been captured in the Jingkang Incident....

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 March

This day, 19 March, in 1985, China officially became a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Believing that intellectual property protection is of great significance in promoting scientific and technological progress, China regards the...

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