The Nanjinger

This day, 20 September, in 1994, at the 38th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Chinese representative, Ambassador Chen Shiqiu, together with those of 38 other countries, including Britain, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia and the...

This day, 19 September, in 1950, China’s ascent to the United Nations was denied, after which the USSR’s representative stated, “It is high time to put an end to the unjust attitude adopted by the United Nations towards the...

This day, 18 September, in 1931, a Japanese army detachment stationed in Manchuria detonated an ineffective explosion on the South Manchurian Railway as an excuse to occupy the city of Mukden. The Japanese then went on to occupy the...

This day, 17 September, in 1894, the Battle of the Yalu River took place between ships of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, in what was to be the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese...

This day, 16 September, in 1986, Deng Xiaoping met with Taisto Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, as the first Finnish head of government to visit China since diplomatic relations were established. During their talk, Deng said, “Our opening...

This day, 15 September, in 1999, saw the successful conclusion of the 22nd Universal Postal Union Congress in Beijing, at which was adopted the Beijing Postal Strategy, a world postal development program. The Universal Postal Union was founded on...

This day, 14 September, in 2017, China’s first biometric visa was issued by the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria. With the applicant’s face and fingerprint information thereon, biometric visas comply with the development trend of international visa technology, help improve...

This day, 13 September, in 1993, Chinese Vice Premier, Zou Jiahua, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Third Polish Republic, Henryk Goryszewski, signed the “Agreement on Economic and Trade Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic...