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China in 1960

Historical records for China in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

13Records
13Events
4Named people
4Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

28 January 1960Treaty of Sino-BurmeseMao Tse-Tung

Government / Chinese Communist Party

A Sino-Burmese Treaty is signed

March

11 March 1960Temporary Provisions AmendmentChiang Kai-Shek

Taipei · Government / National Government

The National Assembly amends the Temporary Provisions so the incumbent President and Vice President may seek additional terms.

21 March 1960Third Presidential TermChiang Kai-Shek

Taipei · Government / National Government

Is elected President for a third term after constitutional emergency provisions are amended.

April

April 1960Sino-Indian Border TalksZhou Enlai

New Delhi · Government / Government of China

Meets Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi for extensive but inconclusive discussions of the disputed Himalayan border.

May

9 May 1960Central Cross-Island Highway OpensChiang Kai-Shek

Taiwan · Government / National Government

The Central Cross-Island Highway opens to traffic, completing one of Taiwan’s most ambitious infrastructure projects of the period.

June

3 June 1960Nuclear PowerMao Tse-Tung

Warfare / Nuclear

Communist China launches its first ballistic missile

18 June 1960Eisenhower VisitChiang Kai-Shek

Taipei · Government / National Government

Welcomes US President Dwight Eisenhower to Taiwan and issues a joint communiqué affirming opposition to Communist expansion.

29 June 1960Border SettlementMao Tse-Tung

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Border friction takes place with Nepal

October

1 October 1960China-Burma Boundary AgreementZhou Enlai

Beijing · Government / Government of China

Helps conclude a boundary settlement with Burma as part of China's effort to resolve frontier disputes by negotiation.

8 October 1960Lei Chen Case MeetingChiang Kai-Shek

Taipei · Government / National Government

Calls a meeting to discuss the case of Lei Chen and the Free China journal amid a wider crackdown on political dissent.

Other Events

1960Launches a newspaper campaign against Yugoslavia & Khrushcevs policy thereMao Tse-Tung

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Launches a newspaper campaign against Yugoslavia & Khrushcevs policy there

1960Minister of CultureChiang Ching

Government / Government of China

Appointed Minister of Culture

1960Withdrawal NegotiationsMao Tse-Tung

Government / Government of China

All Soviet Advisers are withdrawn from China

Names involved

Chiang ChingChiang Kai-ShekMao Tse-TungZhou Enlai

Places involved

BeijingNew DelhiTaipeiTaiwan

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.