Diplomacy Talks

This day, 1 October, in 2020, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech via video at the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing, comprising a...

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,...

This day, 11 August, in 1872, the first 30 government-sent overseas students in Chinese history set off for the United States. They would be followed by four batches of 120 government-funded students, who would upon their return all play...

This day, 10 August, in 1911, the Oing Navy cruiser, "Haiqi", visited New York Harbour in the United States. The Haiqi had set sail from its Shanghai anchorage, passing through the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Aden, Suez Canal,...

This day, 9 August, in 1953, Chinese swimmer, Wu Chuanyu, won the men's 100-metre backstroke championship with a time of 1 minute, 8.4 seconds, at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, Romania, becoming the first...

This day, 8 August, in 1990, the People's Republic of China resumed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Indonesia, after the relationship between the two countries deteriorated in 1965. In 1989, then Foreign Minister, Qian Oichen, went to Japan...

This day, 7 August, in 1971, the Chinese government issued a statement on the issue of nuclear weapons to advocate convening a world summit to discuss the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons, and expressing the belief...