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01/01/1979

-47.7 years

Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

The United States and China Establish Diplomatic Relations

Embassy of the United States, Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, ChinaUS Department of State

Starts 01/01/1979CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCEThe Office of the Historian states that "the Joint Communiqué stated that the United States would begin official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China on January 1, 1979, and that the two countries would open Embassies on March 1". The agreement itself was announced on 15 December 1978.^[1]

From 1 January 1979 Washington recognised the People's Republic as the sole legal government of China and withdrew recognition from Taipei, ending thirty years in which the United States had treated the Republic of China on Taiwan as the government of all China.

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01/29/1979

-47.7 years

正月初二 National Carnation Day

Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

Carter Welcomes Deng Xiaoping to the White House

South Lawn, The White House, Washington, DC, United States

The White House

Starts 01/29/1979 3:12PMCONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCEThe American Presidency Project's note on the remarks states that "the President spoke at 10:12 a.m. on the South Lawn of the White House" on 29 January 1979; 10:12 a.m. EST is 15:12Z.^[1]

Four weeks after relations began, Deng Xiaoping stood on the South Lawn for a full arrival ceremony — the first visit to Washington by a leader of Communist China. He went on to charm Congress and the press, and to be photographed in a ten-gallon hat at a Texas rodeo.

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04/10/1979

-47.5 years

三月十四 National Cinnamon Crescent Day

Law09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

The Taiwan Relations Act Becomes Law

The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United States

United States Congress

Starts 04/10/1979CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCEThe Office of the Historian states that the Taiwan Relations Act "became law on April 10, 1979". No end date: the Act carries no sunset and is still in force.^[1]

Three months after breaking relations with Taipei, Congress wrote the substitute into law: an unofficial relationship run through the American Institute in Taiwan, arms 'of a defensive character', and a declared US capacity to resist any resort to force against Taiwan. It has governed the question ever since.

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Pins matching tag:"Jimmy Carter"

The United States and China Establish Diplomatic Relations

Carter Welcomes Deng Xiaoping to the White House

The Taiwan Relations Act Becomes Law