The Nanjinger

This day, 7 December, 1990, during his visit to Japan when he met with Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, Huang Hua, Chief Advisor of the China Association for International Friendly Contact, said that friendly and cooperative relations between China and...

This day, 6 December, in 1996, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee approved Mount Lu to be included in the World Heritage List as a “World Cultural Landscape”, saying, “The historical relics of Mount Lu are integrated in the natural...

This day, 5 December, in 1996, South African President Nelson Mandela wrote to Chinese President Jiang Zemin, stating that South Africa would end its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan on 31 December, 1997, pointing out in the letter that it...

This day, 4 December, 1989, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a letter to General Secretary Jiang Zemin via a diplomatic adviser, reiterating the British position that it “has no intention of allowing Hong Kong to be used as...

This day, 3 December, 2002, the President of the Bureau International des Expositions, announced that Shanghai, China, would become the host city of the 2010 World Expo, the international exposition showcasing humankind’s achievements in social, economic, cultural and scientific...

This day, 2 December, in 2015, China and South Africa signed the “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on Jointly Promoting the Construction of...

This day, 1 December, in 1992, the New Eurasian Land Bridge, from Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, was put into operation. The New Eurasian Land Bridge, which spans 10,800 kilometres across the...

This day, 30 November, in 1975, US President Gerald Ford set out to visit China. This was the second visit to China by a US president before the two countries established diplomatic relations. During the visit, Chairman Mao Zedong...