Diplomacy Talks

This day, 19 August, in 2001, Philippine government forces engaged in a fierce gunfight with kidnappers to rescue Chinese hostages. During the operation, Zhang Zhongqiang and Xue Xing, technicians working on the construction of the Malmar irrigation project, were...

This day, 18 August, in 1949, Mao Zedong published the article, “Farewell, Leighton Stuart”. Appointed as the US Ambassador to China in July 1946, Marshall J. Leighton Stuart played the role of mediator between the KMT and the Communist...

This day, 17 August, in 1982, the governments of China and the United States issued the “August 17 Communiqué” on the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan, in which the US government reiterated that it has no intention...

This day, 16 August, in 1971, China and Iran established diplomatic relations, sharing the ideological themes of anti-imperialism and third-world solidarity, and as natural allies seeking to counterbalance the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War.

This day, 15 August, in 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced the surrender of Imperial Japan to the Allies. After 8 years of bloody struggle, the Chinese people finally ushered in the final victory in their War of Resistance...

This day, 14 August, in 1961, Kwame Nkrumah, President and Head of Government of the Republic of Ghana, was invited to pay an official visit to China. The Chinese government attached great importance to his visit and gave him...

This day, 13 August, in 1992, the People’s Republic of China’s State Council decided to open five further cities along the Yangtze River to the outside world, namely Chongqing, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang and Wuhu.

This day, 12 August, in 2011, the 26th Summer Universiade opened in Shenzhen. Nearly 10,000 university student athletes from 152 countries and regions around the world participated in the competition. Leaders from Sri Lanka, Fiji, Ethiopia, Romania, Bolivia, Mozambique,...