the people's republic of china was recognized in 1949.
the people's republic of china was recognized in 1949.
when was the people's republic of china recognized?
1949
a foreign policy goal closely related to nationalism has been the desire to achieve territorial integrity and to restore to chinese sovereignty areas previously considered a part of china. although china has not resolved many border disputes with several of its neighbors, including india, the russia, and vietnam (including islands in the south china sea), beijing has concluded boundary settlements with other nations, including pakistan, burma, nepal, afghanistan, north korea, and mongolia. negotiations on border issues, held intermittently with russia since 1949 and with india since the early 1980s, continue to be held. the difficulty of resolving these issues seem to reflect their relation to sensitive questions of national pride both in china and in neighboring countries and sometimes to questions of china's perceived national security interests. for example, qing control over outer mongolia (present-day mongolia) had lapsed long before 1949 and had been supplanted by soviet influence. although it was most likely with reluctance and regret, china recognized mongolia as a separate nation in 1949. by contrast, asserting sovereignty over another outlying area, xizang (tibet), was considered such an important strategic goal that military force was used to gain control there in 1950 and to reassert it in 1959.
history of foreign relations of the people's republic of china
the treaty ended the first sino-japanese war of 1894–1895 as a clear victory for japan. in this treaty, china recognized the independence of korea and renounced any claims to that country. it also ceded the liaodong peninsula (then known to the western press as "liaotung", modern day dalian in the southern part of liaoning province), and the islands of formosa (taiwan) and penghu (also known as the pescadores) to japan. china also paid japan a war indemnity of 200 million kuping taels, payable over seven years, and the signing of a commercial treaty similar to ones previously signed by china with various western powers in the aftermath of the first and second opium wars. this commercial treaty confirmed the opening of various ports and rivers to japanese trade. as a result of the treaty of shimonoseki (1895), china recognized the "full and complete independence and autonomy" of joseon. in the next year yeongeunmun was demolished leaving its two stone pillars.
treaty of shimonoseki