27 January 1964Diplomatic Relations with FranceZhou Enlai
Helps establish full diplomatic relations between China and France.
Historical records for China in 1964, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Helps establish full diplomatic relations between China and France.
Sets out principles stressing equality, mutual benefit and respect for sovereignty in Chinese foreign assistance.
Visits Ethiopia and meets national leaders during the African diplomatic tour.
Visits Ghana and holds talks with President Kwame Nkrumah on African and international affairs.
Visits Guinea and discusses development assistance and international cooperation.
Visits Mali during the African tour and promotes economic and political cooperation.
Visits Morocco during the ten-country African tour.
Visits Sudan as part of China's effort to expand relations across Africa.
Visits Tunisia and discusses bilateral relations and Afro-Asian cooperation.
A report submitted to the party seeks the "annihilation of the bourgeois"
Visits Burma after the African tour and continues regional diplomacy based on peaceful coexistence.
Visits Pakistan after the African tour and discusses bilateral and regional issues.
Visits Somalia near the end of the ten-country African tour.
The US State Department announces that regular American economic aid to Taiwan will end in 1965 as the island’s economy strengthens.
Authorities arrest Peng Ming-min and associates after they prepare a declaration advocating political reform and Taiwanese self-determination.
China conducts its first nuclear test at Lop Nur and becomes the fifth nuclear-weapon state.
China tests its first atomic bomb using uranium programme infrastructure.
China successfully tests its own atomic bomb, becomes the world's 5th nuclear power
Appointed Foreign Secretary
Publication of "From an Emperor to a Citizen"
Communist China becomes the fifth nuclear power
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