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| 0641 | T'ai Tsung |  |
| Nepal begins sending tribute to China |
| 1520 | Zhengde | |
| Peking 1st Portuguese mission at Peking |
| 1522 | Jiajing | |
| Peking The Portuguese are expelled from Peking |
| 1873 | T'ung Chih | |
| Receives the Ambassador of Britain at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of France at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Holland at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Japan at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Russia at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of USA at court without the traditional kowtow |
| 1927 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Breaks with the Russian & Chinese Communists |
| 14th Dec China & Russia break off diplomatic relations |
| 1928 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 19th July China annuls the "unequal treaties" with European powers |
| 20th Dec Nanking Britain recognizes the Kuomintang government of China |
| 1930 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Weiheiwei Great Britain returns Weiheiwei to China |
| 1934 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 17th April Japan forbids any outside help for the nationalists |
| 22nd April Japan forbids any government to deal with the nationalists without it's agreement |
| 1935 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Adopts a policy of placating the Japanese |
| 1936 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Changes appeasement toward Japan to one of opposition, in alliance with the Communists |
| Sian Kidnapped at Sian, released after 2 weeks |
| Stalin joins Chiang Kai-shek against fascism in Europe & imperialism in Japan |
| 1938 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| President Roosevelt lends $25m to Chiang Kai-Shek to continue the war |
| 1945 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Roosevelt offers China Indochina but Kai-Shek refuses because it cannot be assimilated |
| 1946 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Meets George Marshall to discuss peace & shows Communists are independent of Russia |
| Meets George Marshall to discuss peace & show the Communists are independent of Russia |
| 1947 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 6th Jan The Marshall Mission fails as Marshall returns to the USA& criticizes both sides |
| 6th Jan The remaining 12,000 USAMarines are ordered to withdraw |
| 1949 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Recognizes Ho Chi-Minh's Vietminh as the legitimate government of Vietnam |
| 15th June Announces he is willing to establish diplomatic relations with any foreign government |
| 1st Oct Peking Russia gives immediate recognition to the People's Republic of China |
| 16th Dec Moscow Mao Tse-Tung has talks with Stalin in Moscow |
| 1950 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 6th Jan Peking Britain recognizes the Republic of China |
| 7th Feb Chinese communists provide modern weapons to the Vietminh |
| 1952 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 5th Aug Taiwan & Japan resume diplomatic relations |
| 1952 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 7th Mar China accuses the USA of using germ warfare in Manchurian Korea |
| 1954 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| A mutual defense treaty between the USA and Taiwan is agreed |
| 1955 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Quemoy Negotiates peace with the USA, the Quemoy & Matsu islands remain Nationalist |
| 1957 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Peking Ideoligical differences begin to appear between China & Russia |
| 1959 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 29th Aug The Indian border is violated by Chinese troops |
| 1960 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| All Soviet Advisers are withdrawn from China |
| Launches a newspaper campaign against Yugoslavia & Khrushcev's policy there |
| 29th June Border friction takes place with Nepal |
| 1961 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| China sends aid to Albania |
| 1962 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao breaks with the Soviet Union |
| 1966 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Sihanoukville Demands Cambodia let Vietcong supplies land in Sihanoukville |
| Sihanoukville Demands that the Friendship Highway be used to supply Vietcong bases |
| 1969 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Romania & Yugoslavia are China's biggest supporters at the World Communist Congress |
| The USA begins to relax its embargo of China |
| June Moscow A world congess of Communist parties rejects a proposal from Russia to expel China |
| Sep Informed Washington will open talks with China & support its admittance to the UN |
| 12th Sep En-Lai & Kosygin meet at Beijing airport to agree to discussions on border disputes |
| 20th Oct Talks begin between Russia & China at Beijing to resolve border disputes |
| 1969 | Mana'ch, Etienne | |
| 22nd April De Gaulle meets Mana'ch & says Washington will talk with China & support UN membership |
| 1969 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Lushin 30 Soviet soldiers are killed in one clash on a small uninhabited island in the Ussuri River, the roots of the dispute lay in Chinese claims to parts of the eastern Soviet Union relinquished by the Chinese under the "the Unequal Treaties" |
| 1970 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 1st Jan Accuses Russia of "fascist dictatorship" |
| 1971 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| 15th July Chou's policy of reconcilliation with the USA is rewarded |
| 15th July Richard Nixon announces his intention to visit China |
| 1971 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Henry Kissinger visits China |
| 10th April A USAtable tennis team arrives in China |
| 14th April The USArelaxes trade & travel with China |
| 15th April Britain restores a telephone link with China, cut off in 1949 |
| 15th July Richard Nixon announces his intention to visit China |
| 1972 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| A rapproachment with the USA is concluded in the Shanghai Communique |
| Peking Welcomes President Nixon to Peking |
| 1972 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| USA President Richard Nixon visits Communist China |
| 1975 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| June Visited by Sihanouk, Chou asserts China must build a "neutral, independent Cambodia" |
| 1978 | Xiaoping, Deng | |
| The USA recognizes the People's Republic of China |
| 1979 | Xiaoping, Deng | |
| Informs President Carter personally that China will attack Nth Vietnam |
| Visits the USA & reinforces good relations |
| 1983 | Ziyang, Zhao | |
| 25th May The USAagrees ro export high technolgy items to China |
| 1984 | Ziyang, Zhao | |
| 10th Feb Russia & China sign a $1.2 billion trade agreement |
| 1987 | Peng, Li | |
| 13th April An agreement is signed returning Macao to China in 1999 |
| 1998 | Zemin, Jiang | |
| 28th June Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights |
