📅 4 Juni 1989
Chinese troops used force to end the occupation of Tiananmen Square and surrounding protests, causing deaths and injuries. The crackdown isolated China diplomatically for a period and revealed the...
📅 11 December 2001
China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization after a 15-year accession process. Membership accelerated trade and investment integration and helped make China a major manufacturing and...
📅 8 Augustus 2008
The Olympic Games opened in Beijing, projecting China’s economic modernization and international stature. The spectacle also drew attention to human rights, censorship, labor, and environmental...
📅 7 September 2013
In a speech in Kazakhstan, Xi proposed a Silk Road Economic Belt, later joined by a maritime component as the Belt and Road Initiative. The initiative connected infrastructure finance, trade...
📅 3 Oktober 2013
Xi proposed a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road during a visit to Indonesia. Paired with the overland belt, the proposal widened China’s regional infrastructure and connectivity agenda toward...
📅 28 April 2026
China announced preferential zero-tariff treatment for 20 African countries not classified as least developed, extending an existing policy to all 53 African states with diplomatic relations from...
