Events in the year 1971 in the People's Republic of China.

Incumbents

• President Dong Biwu
• Premier Zhou Enlai

Events

Kissinger, shown here with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong, negotiated rapprochement with the People's Republic of China.

March

• March 26 Cameroon and the People's Republic of China established bilateral relations

May

• May 26 Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

June

• June 10 The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.

September

• September 13 The Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia after what appeared to be a failed coup to oust Mao. After his death, he was officially condemned as a traitor.

October

• October 25 The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (Taiwan).

November

• November 23 The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
• Henry Kissinger secretly visits Beijing

Births

Deaths

• April 29 - Li Siguang, Chinese scientist. the founder of China's geomechanics (born 1899)
• September 13 Lin Biao, Chinese defense minister (plane crash) (born 1907)
• September 13 Lin Liguo, the son of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945)
• September 13 Ye Qun, the wife of the Chinese Communist military leader Lin Biao (born 1945)

See also

• 1971 in Chinese film

References