This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-24 08:33
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On June 24, 1973, Tianjin and Kobe, Japan, signed a sister city agreement. It was the first such agreement between a Chinese and foreign city.
Since then, more than 250 pairs of cities in China and Japan have established similar ties, according to the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
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