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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE CHINESE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (C.P.R.)
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This list shows the position of China's diplomatic relations with other
states as at 30 June, 1968.
2.
Information about the establishment of non-diplomatic agencies, e.g.
branches of the New China News Agency (N.C.N.A.), branches of the Bank
of China, trade offices, is also included.
3. Countries marked with an asterisk are those which have diplomatic
relations with the Government of the Republic of China the Chinese
"Nationalist" government in Taiwan.
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4. This restricted cover sheet should be detached from all copies which
are distributed outside departments of Her Majesty's Government.
China and Korea Section,
Research Department,
Foreign Office/Commmonwealth Office
RESTRICTED
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE CHINESE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (C.P.R.)
(as at 30 June, 1968)
Countries marked with an are those which have diplomatic relations with
the Government of the Republic of China". the Chinese "Nationalist"
government in Taiwan,
AFGHANISTAN
Embassy)
ALBANIA
(Embassy)
ALGERI A (Embassy)
Relations established 20 January, 1955. Ambassador: Ch'en Feng. Returned
to Peking 12 January, 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Yao Chi-nien. New China News Agency (N. C. N.A.)
Office established 1956.
Relations established 21 January, 1949. Ambassador: Liu Hsiao. Returned
to Peking, accompanying an Albanian delegation,
25 September, 1967.
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Charge d'Affaires a.i. Li T'ing-ch'uan.
N.C.N.A. Office established sometime before 1956.
Relations established 3 July, 1962.
Ambassador Tseng T'ao. Returned to Peking
by October 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ch'en Chin-lung. N.C.N.A. Office established by
1963.
No relations.
ANDORRA
ARGENTINE*
No relationa.
AUSTRALIA✶
No relations,
AUSTRIA
BARBADOS
BELGIUM✶
BOLI VI &*
BOTSWANA*
BRAZIL *
BULGARIA (Embassy)
No relations.
Commercial representative's office of the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade (0.0.P.I.T.) established 29 June, 1965.
No relations.
No relations.
No relations.
N.C.N.A. is represented by local nationals, 27 February, 1967 N.C.N.A.
protested to the Bolivian President against the arrest of a Bolivian
N.C.N.4. correspondent.
No relations,
No relations.
N.C.N.A. Office 1961-1964.
Relations established 4 October, 1949.
Ambassador: Hsieh Pang-chih. Returned to China 30 January, 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Wang Pen-tsu.
BURMA
BURMA
(Embassy)
BURUNDI
CAMBO DIT A
(Embassy)
CAMEROON
CANADA*
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (C.4.R.)
CEYLON
(Embassy)
CHAD*
CHILE*
COLOMBIA✶
CONGO (KINSHASA)
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) (Embassy)
Relations established 8 June, 1950.
Ambassador: Keng Piao. Returned to Peking during 1966 (referred to as
the "former Chinese Ambassador to Burma" in July 1967).
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hsiao Ming.
N.C.N.A. Office established in 1950's. Per mel expelled January 1968.
Rangoon branch of the Bank of China and of the Bank of Communications
nationalised by the Burmese Government February 1963.
Relations established 14 January, 1964 at Ambassadorial level.
Burundi suspended relations
with China January 1965.
Relations established 24 July, 1958. Ambassador: Ch'en Shu-liang,
Peking sometime during 1967.
Returned to
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Cheng Szu-hsiung. N.C.N.A. Office established
1958.
No relations.
No relations,
N.C.N.L. Office established 1964.
Recognised by China 12 August, 1960. Relations established at
Imbassadorial level 29 September, 1964.
C.A.R. broke of relations 6 January, 1966. N.C.N.A. Office closed
January 1966.
Relations established 7 February, 1957.
Ambassador: Hsieh K'o-hai. Returned to Peking at the end of his term of
office December 1965. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Hai Yeh-sheng. N.C.Ñ.▲
Office established 1958.
Recognised by China 10 August, 1960, but diplo- matic relations not
established.
No relations.
A
A Commercial Information Office of the Chinese Import-Export Corporation
was established in Santiago by 1962. Commercial Representative'a Office
of the C.0.P.I.T. was established 10 June, 1965, probably incorporating
the above, N.C.N.A. office established 1961.
No relations.
Relations established at Ambassadorial level 19 February, 1961.
Relations broken off Septem- ber 1961 when Kinshasa (then Leopoldville)
established diplomatic relations with "Nationalist" Government in
Taiwan,
Recognised by China 14 August 1960. Relations established 18 February,
1964. Ambassador: Chou Chiu-yeh. Probably returned to China early 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.1. Li Ch'en-kuang. N.C.N.A. Office established 1964.
COSTA RICA*
No relations.
/CUBA
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CUBA (Embassy)
CYPRUS
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Embassy)
DAHOMEY
DENMARK
(Embassy)
Relations established 28 September, 1960. Ambassador: Wang Yu-ping.
Returned to China late 1966 or 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Chan-i.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1959.
Recognised by China 15 August, 1960, but relations not established.
Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chung Hsi-tung
Returned to China January 1967.
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Closed
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yang Chung-chao. N.C.N.A. Office established
1948. 22 August, 1963.
Recognised by China August 1960,
Relations established 12 November, 1964.
Broken off 5 January, 1966, Chinese Ambassador and staff recalled.
Relations established 11 May, 1950.
Ambassador: K'o Po-nien. Returned to
China, January 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Lin Hua
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
No relations.
ECUADOR
No relations.
EL SALVADOR
No relations.
ETHIOPIA
No relations.
FINLAND (Embassy)
FRANCE (Embassy)
GABON
GAMBIA
GERMANY(F.R.G.)
GERMANY (G.D.R.) (Babaasy)
N.C.N.A. Office established 1962.
Relations established 13 January, 1950. Ambassador: Yueh Hsin. Returned
to China January 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Li Ch'un-t'ien,
Relations established 28 January, 1964. Ambassador: Huang Chen. Last
noted in Paris February 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yi Su-chih. N.C.N.A. office established 1957.
Recognised by China 16 August, 1960, but no relations established.
Recognised by China 16 February, 1965, but no relations established.
No relations.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1958. Closed 1961. Re-opened 1963.
Relations established 27 October, 1949.
Ambassador: Chang Hai-feng.
Returned to China late 1966 or early 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu P'u.
N.C.Ñ.A. Office established by 1958.
/GHANA
GHANA
GREAT BRITAIN
GREECE
GUATEMALA
GUINEA (Embassy)
GUYANA
Relations established 5 July, 1960 at Ambassadorial level. Ghanaian
M.F.A. announced suspension of relations 30 October, 1966.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1960. Closed 1966 after the suspension of
diplomatic relations between Ghana and the C.P.R.
(See under United Kingdom).
No relations,
No relations.
Relations established 4 October, 1959. Ambassador: Ch'ai Tae-min.
Returned to China sometime in 1966 or 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Lin Ping-nan. N.C.N.A. office established 1960.
No relations.
HAITI
No relations.
HOLY SEE
No relations.
HONDURAS
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HUNGARY
(Embassy)
ICELAND
INDIA (Embassy)
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ (Embassy)
No relations.
Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador:
Han K'o-hua,
Returned to China sometime after
August 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Liu Chun-chang. N.C.Ñ.A. office established by
1956.
No relations.
Relations established 1 April, 1950. No Ambassador en poste since Pan
Tzu-li returned to China 18 July, 1962.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Ch'en Chao-yuan. N.C.Ñ.A. office established
1956. Closed July 1960.
Trade Offices in Calcutta, New Delhi and Kalimpong 1954-1962.
Last branch of the Bank of China closed December 1964.
Relations established 9 June, 1950 at Ambassadorial level.
27 October, 1967.
Relations suspended
N.C.N.A. Office established 1954.
Closed March 1966. (Closure described
as temporary by the Indonesian Government). Bank of China branches
closed early 1964.
No relations.
Recognised by China 18 July 1958.
Relations established 25 August, 1958.
Ambassador:
Ts'ao Ch'ih. Returned to
China, February 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Wei Chien-yeh. N.C.N.A. Office established 1958.
/IRELAND
IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)
No relations.
ISRAEL
TALY
IVORY COAST
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KENYA
(Embassy)
KOREA (K.D.P.R.) (Embassy)
No relations.
(Israel recognised the C.P.R. 9 January, 1950, but is not recognised by
China).
No relations.
N.C.N.A. office re-opened January 1966.
A "non-official" commercial representative's office of the C.C.P.I.T.
established 30 November, 1964.
Recognised by China 6 August, 1960, but no relations established.
Recognised by China 5 August, 1962, but no relations established.
No relations.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1964. The "Liao Cheng-chih" trade office
established in Japan in June 1964.
Office renamed the China-Japan Memorandum Trade Office in March 1968.
No relations.
Relations established 14 December, 1963. Ambassador: Wang Yu-t'ien.
Returned to China July 1965.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Kuo Chih-chiang. N.C.N.A. Office established
1963; closed by Kenyan Government 1965.
Relations established 6 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chiao Jo-yu.
Returned to China mid-1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Wang P'eng. N.C.N.A. Office established 1950.
KOREA
KUWAIT
(REPUBLIC OF)
No relations.
No relations.
LAOS (Embassy)
N.C.N.A. Office established 1966.
The Provisional Government of National Union was established as the
result of the Geneva Agreement of 1962 and was recognised by China 23
July 1962. Relations established 7 September 1962. Ambassador: Liu
Ch'un,
Returned to China 1966, or early 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li
Lien-p'ing. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1961. (Prior to the Geneva
Agreement of 1962, the C.P.R. had recognised Prince Souvanna Phouma's
Government in Laos and had established diplomatic relations with it 25
April 1961, whereas the Western Powers at that time recognised the
Government of Prince Boun Oum).
No relations.
LEBANON
LESOTHO
No relations.
/LIBERIA
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG
MALAGASY REPUBLIC
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVE ISLANDS
MALI (Embassy)
MALTA
MAURITANIA (Bobassy)
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MONACO
MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Embassy)
MOROCCO (Embassy)
NAURU (REPUBLIC OF)
NEPAL (Embassy)
No relations.
No relations.
No relations.
No relations.
Recognised by China 25 June, 1960, but relations not established.
Recognised by China ↳ July, 1964, but relations not established.
No relations
The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Bank of China closed in 1958.
Recognised by China 3 August, 1965, but relations not established.
Relations established 27 October, 1960. Ambassador: Ma Tzu-ch'ing.
Returned to China by August 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Ho-lin.
N.C.N.A. Office established by 1963.
Recognised by China 20 September, 1964, but relations not established.
Relations established 19 July, 1965. Ambassador: Lu Chih-hsien.
Returned to China by February 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Wei
Yung-ch'i. N.C.N.A. Office established 1965.
Recognised by China 12 March, 1968. Relations to be established at a
date "convenient to both Governments".
No relations.
N.C.N.A. correspondents expelled from Mexico, October, 1966.
No relations.
Relations established 16 October, 1949. Ambassador: Chang Ts'an-ming.
Returned to China February 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Chi-teh.
Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known, but correspondent
noted in 1960.
Relations established October 1958. Ambassador: Yang Ch'i-liang.
Returned to China January 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Ting Wen-pin.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1958. Closed 1963.
No relations.
Relations established 1 August, 1955. Ambassador: Yang Kung-su.
Returned to China July 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li Chung-ho. N.C.Ñ.A. Office established by
1964.
/NETHERLANDS
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NETHERLANDS (Office of the Chargé d'Affaires)
EW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
(REPUBLIC OF)
NIGERIA (FEDERATION OF)
NORWAY (Embassy)
PAKISTAN (Embassy)
Relations established 19 November, 1954. Chargé d'Affaires: Li En-chiu.
Declared p.n.g. July 1966
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Shen Wei-liang.
No relations.
No relations.
Recognised by China 2 August, 1960, but relations not established.
Recognised by China 30 September, 1960. Agreement in principle to
establish relations (1964). No implementation, (Nigeria recognises both
the C.P.R. and the Government of the "Republic of China" in Taiwan.)
Relations established 6 October, 1954. Ambassador: Feng Yu-chiu.
Returned to China January 1967 Chargé d'Affaires a.i, not known.
Relations established 21 May, 1951. Ambassador: Chang Wen-chin. Returned
to China by March 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Hsu Ying. N.C.N.A.
correspondents in Pakistan by 1958. Date of establishment of Office not
known.
PANAMA
No relations.
PARAGUAY
No relations.
PERU
No relations.
PHILIPPINES
No relations.
POLAND (Embassy)
PORTUGAL
RHODESIA
RUMANIA
(Embassy)
RWANDA
Relations established 7 October, 1949. Ambassador: Wang Kuo-chuan.
Returned to China January 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chien Tung.
Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known.
No relations.
N.C.N.A. and the Bank of China are both represented in Macao.
No relations.
Relations established 5 October, 1949. Ambassador: Ta'eng Yung-ch'uan.
Returned to China 1966 or early 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Li Pin.
Recognised by China 1 July, 1962, but relations not established.
SAMOA
No relations.
SAN MARINO
No relations.
/SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE (REPUBLIC OF)
SOMALI REPUBLIC (Embassy)
SOUTH AFRICA (UNION OF)
SPAIN
SUDAN
(Embassy)
SWEDEN (Embassy)
SWITZERLAND (Embassy)
SYRIA
(Embassy)
TANZANIA (Embassy)
No relations.
No relations. Senegal recognised the C.P.R. 14 March, 1964 although also
recognising the Government of the "Republic of China" in Taiwan, She
broke of diplomatic relations with Taiwan 7 Septe 1964, but has not
subsequently been recognised by the C.P.R.7
N.C.N.A. Office established 1964, (Two correspondents of the Office were
expelled from Senegal by June 1968).
Recognised by China 26 April, 1961, but relations not established.
No relations.
Branch of Bank of China.
Relations established 16 December, 1960. Ambassador: Yang Shou-cheng.
Returned to China by March 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chang Ching-fang. N.C.N.A. office established by
1962.
No relations.
No relations.
Relations established 4 February, 1959. Ambassador:
Yu P'ei-wen.
Returned to China January 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Hsueh Na.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1964 or early 1965.
Relations established 9 May, 1950. Ambassador: Yang Po-chen.
Returned to China January, 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Liu Chi-ts'ai N.C.N.A. Office established 1963.
Relations established 14 September, 1950. Ambassador: Li Ch'ing-ch'uan.
Returned to China 17 March, 1966 (on conclusion of term of office).
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Yang Hsu.
N.C.N.A. Office established before 1950.
Relations established 1 August, 1956 and relations established with
Syrian Arab Republic 11 October, 1961. Ambassador: Ch'en T'an.
Returned to China late 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.:
Yu Chun.
N.C.N.A. Office established 1957.
Relations established with Tanganyika December 1961.
Relations established with Tanzania 26 April 1964 after the union of
Tanganyika and Zanzibar. (Since July 1964, China has had
a Consulate in Zanzibar.)
Ambassador: Ho Ying.
Returned to China early in 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chou Po-p'ing.
N.C.Ñ.A. office established 1962.
(N.C.N.A. is also represented in Zanzibar).
/THAILAND
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THAILAND
TOGO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
UGANDA
(Embassy)
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
(Embassy)
UNITED KINGDOM (Office of the
Chargé d'Affaires)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
U.S.S.R. (Embassy)
UPPER VOLTA
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
VIET-NAM (V.D.R.) (Embassy)
VIET-NAM • (REPUBLIC OF)
YEMEN (Arab Republic of) (Embassy)
No relations.
Recognised by China 27 April, 1960, but relations not established.
Recognised by China 30 August, 1962, but relations not established.
Relations established 11 January 1964 at Ambassadorial level.
Relations suspended since 26 September, 1967 when China recalled all
personnel. N.C.N.A. Office established by 1958. Closed 1962, re-opened
1965.
No relations.
Relations established 18 October, 1962. Ambassador: Ch'en Chih-fang.
Returned to China by August 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Chang Li.
Relations established 30 May, 1956. Ambassador: Huang Hua.
N.C.N.A. office established by 1956. Closed 1965.
Relations established 17 June, 1954 at Chargé d'Affaires level.
Chargé d'Affaires en titre: Hsiung
Hsiang-hui.
Returned to China January 1967. Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Shen P'ing.
N.C.Ñ.A. Office established 1954.
London Branch of Bank of China operative since its takeover by the
C.P.G. in 1951.
No relations.
Relations established 30 October, 1949. Ambassador: P'an Tzu-li.
Returned to China April 1966.
Date of establishment of N.C.N.A. Office not known.
Recognised by China 4 August, 1960, but relations not established.
No relations.
No relations.
Relations established 18 January, 1950. Ambassador: Chu Ch'i-wen.
Returned to China by May 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Lu Wei-chao. Date of establishment of N.C.N.A.
Office not known.
No relations.
Relations established 24 September, 1956 at Ministerial level. Raised to
Ambassadorial level 15 February, 1963. Ambassador: Wang Jo-chieh.
Returned to China by May 1967.
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.: Cheng Kang-p*ing.
N.C.N.A. office established by 1959.
/YEMEN (SOUTH, PEOPLE'S
YEMEN (SOUTH, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
YUGOSLAVIA (Embassy)
ZAMBIA (Embassy)
Recognised by China 30 November, 1967. An agreement on the establishment
of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries was signed on
31 January, 1968.
Relations established 10 January, 1955. The last Chinese Ambassador to