This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

The China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations dialogue began when former foreign minister Qian Qichen attended the opening session of the 24th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur in July 1991 as a guest of the Malaysian government.

Qian also attended the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference in Singapore in July 1993. An item from China Daily showed him shaking hands with then US Secretary of State Warren Christopher on July 25, 1993, during a break from the conference.