The Chinese Institute of International Relations

1968 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-144
Author(s):  
Hungdah Chiu
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Private Research ◽  
The Republic Of China ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Private Research Institute ◽  
Research Institute ◽  
Analysis And Study

The Institute of International Relations is a private research institute organized by scholars in the Republic of China. Its object is to study Chinese Communist affairs and other international problems. The Institute sponsors several seminars a year to discuss various problems of current international affairs. It publishes two monthly periodicals in Chinese: (1) Wen-t’i yü yen-chiù [Problems and Research] ; and (2) Fei-chin yiieh-pao [Chinese Communist Affairs Monthly]. In 1964, it began to publish an English monthly entitled Issues and Studies, which devotes most of its space to the analysis and study of Chinese Communists. The Institute also publishes books on various problems of Chinese Communists.

The Normalization of Sino-French Diplomatic Relations in 1964 and the Formation of the “One-China” Principle: Negotiations over Breaking French Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of China Government and the Recognition of the People’s Republic of China as the Sole Legitimate Government

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-271
Author(s):  
Madoka Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Republic Of China ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

AbstractThis article examines the substance and modification of the “One-China” principle, which the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pursued in the mid 1960s. Under this principle, a country wishing to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC was required first to break off such relations with the Republic of China (ROC). In 1964 the PRC established diplomatic relations with France. This was its first ambassadorial exchange with a Western government. The PRC, in the negotiations over the establishment of diplomatic relations, attempted to achieve some consensus with France on the matter of “One-China”. The PRC, nevertheless, had to abandon these attempts, even though it demanded fewer conditions of France than of the United States (USA), Japan and other Western countries in the 1970s. The PRC had demanded adherence to the “One-China” principle since 1949. France, however, refused to accept this condition. Nevertheless, the PRC established diplomatic relations with France before the latter broke off relations with the ROC. Subsequently, the PRC abandoned the same condition in negotiations with the African governments of the Republic of Congo, Central Africa, Dahomey and Mauritania. After the negotiations with France, the PRC began to insist that the joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations should clearly state that “the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of China”. However, France refused to insert these words into the communiqué. Afterwards, the PRC nevertheless insisted on putting such a statement into the joint communiqués or exchanges of notes on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the African countries mentioned above. This was done in order to set precedents for making countries accede to the “One-China” principle. The “One-China” principle was, thus, gradually formed in the process of the negotiation and bargaining between the PRC and other governments.

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