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China in 1957

Historical records for China in 1957, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
5Named people
5Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

January 1957Visit to HungaryZhou Enlai

Budapest · Government / Government of China

Visits Hungary and argues that relations among socialist states should respect principles of sovereign equality.

January 1957Visit to PolandZhou Enlai

Warsaw · Government / Government of China

Visits Poland and discusses relations among socialist states after the political crises of 1956.

January 1957Visit to Soviet UnionZhou Enlai

Moscow · Government / Government of China

Visits the Soviet Union during efforts to manage tensions within the socialist bloc.

October

10 October 1957Eighth Kuomintang National CongressChiang Kai-Shek

Taipei · Politics / Kuomingtang

The Eighth Kuomintang National Congress retains Chiang as Director-General, reinforcing his control of the ruling party during Taiwan’s early Cold War period.

Other Events

1957Foreign Secretary of ChinaYi Chen

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Foreign Minister

1957Hundred FlowersMao Tse-Tung

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Founds the Hundred Flowers Movement

1957Ideoligical differences begin to appear between China & RussiaMao Tse-Tung

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Ideoligical differences begin to appear between China & Russia

1957Prime Minister of ChinaCheng Chen

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China, 2nd term

Names involved

Cheng ChenChiang Kai-ShekMao Tse-TungYi ChenZhou Enlai

Places involved

BeijingBudapestMoscowTaipeiWarsaw

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.