30 Years of China-US Relations

April 3, 2025

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Cai Hong:
Japan historians add insult to the wounds of comfort women

Fu Jing:
EU could learn some economic growth lessons from China

Zhao Huanxin:
Fake and shoddy drugs a threat to people, challenge for administrators

Chen Weihua:
Foreign media outlets in US merit bouquets, not brickbats

Xin Zhiming:
Weigh pros and cons before randomly using AI technology

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Senior Chinese and US officials met December 4th and 5th, 2008 for the 5th Strategic Economic Dialogue.

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Launched in 2003, six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue involve China, DPRK, US, ROK, Japan and Russia.

Fifth China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue

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Timeline Milestones

April 1971 - "Ping Pong diplomacy" kicks off when a U.S. table tennis team travels to China, thawing ties that had been frozen since People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.

Feb 1972 - U.S. President Richard Nixon travels to China and meets Chairman Mao Zedong. The two countries issue the Shanghai Communique, laying out the "one China" policy.

Jan 1, 1979 - Beijing and Washington establish diplomatic relations. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping visits U.S. later in the month.

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