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Major events on Sino-American Relations・(1)
 1912-1949
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1912:
Jan. 1


・		 The establishment of the Republic of China and Dr. Sun Yat-sen was elected the Provisional President of the Republic of China.
1913:
May 2

・		 The U.S. recognition of the Government of the Republic of China.
1927:
Jan. 27



・		 U.S. Secretary of State Kellogg's statement expressed sympathy with Chinese nationalism and the American policy of non-interference in Chinese internal affairs.
1941:
Dec. 9



・		 China signed a stabilization Fund Agreement with the U.S. The U.S. and Britain announced that they would give up all extraterritorial privileges in China after the war.
1942:
Jan. 29-30


・		 The appointment of General Stilwell as the Chief of Staff of General Chiang's joint Staff, and the U.S. Army Representative in China.
1943:
Nov. 22-26



・		 The Cairo Conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek on joint war plans, post-war conditions such as the restoration of lost Chinese territories, including Taiwan and Penghu.
1944:
Aug. 18
・		 General Patrick J. Hurley was appointed as personal representative of President Roosevelt to China.
Oct. 24
・		 The recall of General Stilwell from China.
1945:
Nov. 27

・		 The resignation of Ambassador Hurley. The appointment of General Marshall as President Truman's representative to China was announced.
Dec. 15


・		 The statement of U.S. policy in China was issued by President Truman. He expressed his desire to see China peacefully unified as a democratic state.
1946:
Dec. 18



・		 President Truman in a statement reaffirmed American belief in a "united and democratic China" the U.S. would continue the policy of non-involvement in Chinese civil strife.
1947:
July 9


・		 President Truman instructed General Wedemeyer to proceed to China on a fact-finding mission. The Wedemeyer Report 9/19.
1948:
Mar. 29


・		 The First National Assembly under the new Constitution met in Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek was elected by the National Assembly as the President of China.
July 3


・		 The Sino-American Aid Agreement was signed. The Chinese Government was to receive $275 million for non-military supplies and $125 million for use at its discretion.
Aug. 5


・		 The Sino-American Agreement for the establishment of Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China was signed.
1949:
Jan. 21
・		 President Chiang Kai-shek announced his temporary retirement.
Apr. 24 Communist forces occupied Nanking.
Aug. 5
・		 The U.S. State Department released the White Paper on U.S. relations with China.
Oct. 1
・		 The establishment of the Chinese Communist government in Beijing.
Dec. 7
・		 The National Government moved its seat to Taipei.
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