7 Days in Diplomacy; this Week in Chinese History

This day, 5 May, in 1970, Premier Zhou Enlai congratulated the Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk on the formal establishment of the National Unity Government and announced the formal severance of ties with General Lon Nol. Zhou...

This day, 4 May, 1919, students from Peking University and more than a dozen schools gathered to demonstrate in front of Tiananmen Square. Their march angrily protested the transfer of Germany’s original rights and interests in Shandong to Japan...

This day, 3 May, in 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened in Tokyo. Lasting 2 and a half years, its verdict revealed the crimes of Japanese imperialism in planning, preparing and launching atrocities on China,...

This day, 2 May, 1895, political thinker and reformer Kang Youwei gathered over 1,000 Imperial Examination candidates in Beijing to jointly submit a letter requesting the Qing government’s refusal to ratify the Treaty of Shimonoseki. This was the first...

This day, 1 May, in 1908, China first recognised International Labour Day. Dating back to 1889, the Day is the result of the Marxist International Socialist Congress’ meeting in Paris, during which they adopted a resolution in support of...

This day, 30 April, in 2010, President Hu Jintao announced the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. With 246 countries and international organisations participating, during the following 6 months the Shanghai World Expo would see more than 73 million...

This day, 29 April, in 1954, the main contents of the “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence” were written in to the “Agreement on Commerce and Transportation between China’s Tibet Region and India”, the first time they were published in...