China's foreign relations have been increasingly expanding since the adoption of the reform and opening-up policy. Its achievements over the past three decades come as precious and thought-provoking lessons for the present and the future, with three major aspects to bear in mind.
China's foreign affairs in the first half of 2011 were characterized by several multilateral summits in which the country has played a prominent role. Among them are the recently concluded trilateral leadership summit involving China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in May, and the third summit of the BRICS bloc and annual Boao Forum of Asia held in Hainan province in April.
China Daily in its early days gave world events much wider coverage than many other Chinese newspapers, as its target readers were mainly foreigners in this country where few foreign publications were available.
1971: The People's Republic of China reclaims its lawful seat in the United Nations.