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On this Day in Chinese History; 4 September

This day, 4 September, in 2017, the ninth BRICS leaders’ meeting was held in Xiamen, Fujian, with President Xi Jinping presiding. Attending with him were Brazilian President, Michel Temer; Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi; and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 September

This day, 3 September, in 2016, President Xi Jinping and President Obama successively deposited documents of ratification of the Paris Agreement between China and the United States to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Hangzhou. 2016年9月3日的这一天,习近平主席和奥巴马总统先后在杭州向联合国秘书长潘基文交存了中美巴黎协定的批准文件。

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 September

This day, 2 September, in 1992, American President Bush approved the sale of 150 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan on the grounds of campaigning and regardless of the overall situation in Sino-U.S. Relations, a move directly violating and undermining...

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 September

This day, 1 September, in 2008, saw the opening of the Chinese Consulate General in Juba. The South Sudanese City would go on to become the world’s newest capital on 9 July, 2011, turning the Consulate in to the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 August

This day, 31 August, in 2000, the closing ceremony of the Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York. Therein, Master Shenghui, vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, delivered a prayer for...

On this Day in Chinese History; 30 August

This day, 30 August, in 2016, the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic was attacked by a suicide car bomber. The attacker was killed on the spot and three embassy employees, all Kyrgyz nationals, were injured. The Chinese Ministry...

On this Day in Chinese History; 29 August

This day, 29 August, in 1842, the “Nanjing Treaty”, ceding Hong Kong to Britain, was signed on board HMS Cornwallis, at anchor in the Yangtze River in Nanjing, as the first so-called “unequal treaty” imposed upon the Chinese people...

On this Day in Chinese History; 28 August

This day, 28 August, in 2001, a ministerial meeting of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand regarding anti-drug cooperation was held in Beijing, in which the “Beijing Declaration” was discussed and adopted, as a useful practice for the governments of...

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