Year
BASIC CHRONOLOGY OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS SINCE 1950
Visitors to UK
1950
Sept. Chinese friendship delegation led by Liu Ning Yi, Vice President of the All China Federation of Labour
Oct. Chinese commercial delegation
1951
Visitors to China
Significant events
6 Jan. UK recognition of PRC diplomatic relations not established
April. British Embassy guards' barracks taken over
May. Chinese government
protests at detention of 70 Chinese aeroplanes in Hong Kong
25 June. Korean War
Nov. Expulsion of the Vice Consul at Mukden (Shenyang) Oct. British radio operator Robert Ford, captured in Tibet
Jan. Forcible closure of Consulate-General at Mukden
(Shenyang). In course of year consulates closed at Xiamen, Chongqing, Hankou, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Urumchi (Tihwa)
Jan. UK supports UN resolu- tion naming PRC as aggressor in Korea.
1952
SHLAAC
May-June. Dean of Canterbury, Dr Hewlett Johnson
Dr Joseph Needham
Jan. Closure of Consulate- General at Guangzhou announced May British government note to PRC saying all British
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