China

10/2 — Die Sowjetunion erkennt die Volksrepublik China an, die der Vorsitzende Mao Zedong am Vortag ausgerufen hat.

3/7 — Koreanische Kriege: Operation Ripper: UN-Truppen unter Führung von General Matthew Ridgway beginnen einen Angriff gegen chinesische Streitkräfte.

6/14 — China tests its first hydrogen bomb.

2/22 — Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.

3/29 — Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

4/5 — In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

9/26 — Das Vereinigte Königreich und China einigen sich auf eine Übertragung der Souveränität über Hongkong, die 1997 in Kraft treten soll.

10/12 — Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit China.

12/20 — Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

8/8 — China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.

4/24 — Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.

7/22 — A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

10/29 — China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.

7/2 — In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.

6/30 — Wu of Han, seventh emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (d. 87 BC)

9/10 — Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 260 BC)

2/23 — Li Keyong, Shatuo military governor during the Tang Dynasty in China (b. 856)