Posted on April 25th, 2021
Tony Donaldson, with underlining emphasis inserted bt The Editor, Thuppahi Courtesy Thuppahi’s Blog
On 1 October 1949, the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed by Mao Zedong.
Two months later, on 6 January 1950 the Ceylon government recognised Red China– one of the first countries to do so. Seven years later, in early 1957, the Premier of China, Zhou Enlai, made an historic five-day visit to the island, which paved the way for the establishing of diplomatic relations between Ceylon and China. Before exploring Zhou’s visit to Ceylon, it is worth diverting for a moment to briefly sketch the key events that led to his historic visit.
Myanmar
Taiwan
Afghanistan
United-states
Hong-kong
United-kingdom
Red-china
Smolenskaya-oblast
Russia
Kelegama
North-western
Sri-lanka