Year
|
State
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Event
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TECRO establishment
|
1912
|
Australia
|
Recognition; continuation of relations began under the Qing dynasty in 1908
|
|
1912
|
Austria-Hungary
|
Recognition; relations began in 1869
|
|
1912
|
Belgium
|
Recognition; relations began in 1865
|
|
1912
|
Brazil
|
Recognition; relations began in 1880
|
|
1912
|
Canada
|
Recognition; relations began in 1909
|
|
1912
|
Cape Colony
|
Recognition; relations began in 1904
|
|
1912
|
Cuba
|
Recognition; relations began in 1902
|
|
1912
|
Denmark
|
Recognition; relations began in 1908
|
|
1912
|
Italy
|
Recognition; relations began in 1866
|
|
1912
|
Japan
|
Recognition; relations began in 1871
|
|
1912
|
Mexico
|
Recognition; relations began in 1899
|
|
1912
|
Netherlands
|
Recognition; relations began in 1863
|
|
1912
|
New Zealand
|
Recognition; continuation of relations began under the Qing dynasty in 1908
|
|
1912
|
Norway
|
Recognition; relations began in 1847
|
|
1912
|
Portugal
|
Recognition; relations began in 1862
|
|
1912
|
Sweden
|
Recognition; relations began in 1847
|
|
1912
|
United Kingdom
|
Recognition; continuation of relations begun in the Qing dynasty
|
1963[1]
|
1912
|
United States
|
Recognition; continuation of relations begun in the Qing dynasty in 1844
|
|
1913
|
France
|
Recognition; continuation of relations begun in the Qing dynasty
|
|
1913
|
Russia
|
Recognition; relations began in 1878
|
|
1913
|
Germany
|
Recognition of the establishment of the Republic of China; relations began in 1861.
|
|
1913
|
Peru
|
Recognition; continuation of relations begun in the Qing dynasty in 1875
|
|
1915
|
Chile
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1917
|
Germany
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (first time)
|
|
1918
|
Russia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (first time)
|
|
1919
|
Bolivia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1919
|
Finland
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1919
|
Poland
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1921
|
Estonia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1921
|
Germany
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (first time)
|
|
1921
|
Lithuania
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
2021[2][3]
|
1922
|
Panama
|
Diplomatic re-established; relations began with the Qing dynasty in 1909.
|
|
1923
|
Latvia
|
Diplomatic relations established[4]
|
1992 (Consulate) 1995[5][6]
|
1924
|
Soviet Union
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (first time)
|
|
1929
|
Soviet Union
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (second time)
|
|
1930
|
Nicaragua
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1931
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1932
|
Soviet Union
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (second time)
|
|
1933
|
Guatemala
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1934
|
Monaco
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1934
|
Turkey
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1937
|
Iran
|
Diplomatic relations established[7]
|
|
1937
|
Japan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (Beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War)
|
|
1939
|
Romania
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1941
|
Nazi Germany
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (second time, German diplomatic recognition of the Wang Jingwei regime)
|
|
1941
|
Colombia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1941
|
Honduras
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1941
|
Italy
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (first time, Italian diplomatic recognition of the Wang Jingwei regime)
|
|
1941
|
Romania
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (Romanian diplomatic recognition of the Wang Jingwei regime)
|
|
1942
|
Holy See
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1942
|
El Salvador
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1942
|
Iraq
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1944
|
Afghanistan
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1944
|
Dominican Republic
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1945
|
Yugoslavia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1946
|
Italy
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (second time)
|
|
1946
|
Mongolia
|
Recognition achieved
|
|
1946
|
Syria
|
Recognition achieved
|
|
1946
|
Thailand
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1947
|
Bulgaria
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1947
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1947
|
India
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1948
|
Burma
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1949
|
Israel
|
Recognition achieved
|
|
1949
|
Luxembourg
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1949
|
South Africa
|
Diplomatic relations resumed
|
|
1949
|
South Korea
|
Diplomatic relations re-established, relations began under the Korean Empire in 1899
|
|
1949
|
Soviet Union
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (third time)[8]
|
1993 (in Russia)[9]
|
1949
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1991[10] (in Czech Republic) 2003[11] (in Slovakia)
|
1949
|
Poland
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1992?
|
1949
|
Hungary
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1990
|
1949
|
Albania
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1949
|
Bulgaria
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1950
|
Afghanistan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1950
|
Norway
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1980[12] to 2017
|
1950
|
Switzerland
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1973[12]
|
1950
|
Finland
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1990[13]
|
1950
|
Sweden
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1981?
|
1950
|
Denmark
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1973? or 1980[14]
|
1950
|
India
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1995[15]
|
1950
|
Ceylon
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1950
|
Burma
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
2015[16] or 2016[17]
|
1950
|
Indonesia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1971
|
1951
|
Pakistan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1952
|
Japan
|
Diplomatic relations re-established (2nd time)
|
|
1953
|
Laos
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1953
|
Mongolia
|
Recognition revoked
|
2002
|
1954
|
Lebanon
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1954
|
Netherlands
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1981
|
1955
|
South Vietnam
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1955
|
West Germany
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (second time)
|
|
1955
|
Nepal
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1955
|
Yugoslavia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1956
|
Egypt
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1956
|
Iran
|
Diplomatic relations established[7]
|
|
1956
|
Syria
|
Recognition withdrawn
|
|
1956
|
Haiti
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1957
|
Jordan
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1957
|
Paraguay
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1958
|
Iraq
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1958
|
Morocco
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1959
|
Sudan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1960
|
Cuba
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1960
|
Nigeria
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1960
|
Guatemala
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1960
|
Congo-Léopoldville
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1961
|
El Salvador
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1961
|
Congo-Léopoldville
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1961
|
Laos
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (first time)
|
|
1961
|
Upper Volta
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1961
|
Congo-Léopoldville
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (1st time)
|
|
1962
|
Laos
|
Diplomatic relations resumed
|
|
1962
|
Uganda
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1963
|
Niger
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1964
|
France
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1974[18]
|
1964
|
Central African Republic
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)[clarification needed]
|
|
1964
|
Malaysia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1966
|
Malawi
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1966
|
Lesotho
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1968
|
Gambia
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1968
|
Central African Republic
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
1968
|
Swaziland
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1969
|
Senegal
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1970
|
Italy
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (second time)
|
1990[19]
|
1970
|
Khmer Republic
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1970
|
Canada
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1991[20]
|
1970
|
Chile
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1975[21]
|
1971
|
Belgium
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1971[22]
|
1971
|
Austria
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1972[12]
|
1971
|
Iceland
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1971
|
Turkey
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1989?
|
1971
|
Iran
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1971
|
Kuwait
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1986
|
1971
|
Lebanon
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1971
|
Peru
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1978[23]
|
1971
|
Nigeria
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1991[24]
|
1972
|
United Kingdom
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[25]
|
1963 (as "The Free Chinese Centre, London") 1993[1]
|
1972
|
Japan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (second)
|
1972
|
1972
|
West Germany
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (third time)
|
1999 (in Germany)[26]
|
1972
|
Greece
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1973
|
1972
|
Australia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1992[27]
|
1972
|
New Zealand
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1973[28]
|
1972
|
Luxembourg
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1975
|
1972
|
Mexico
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1989?
|
1972
|
Argentina
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1995[29]
|
1972
|
Jamaica
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1972
|
Chad
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)[clarification needed]
|
|
1972
|
Zaire
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1972
|
Senegal
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1973
|
Spain
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1973[12]
|
1973
|
Upper Volta
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1974
|
Malaysia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1974[30]
|
1974
|
Brazil
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1975
|
1974
|
Venezuela
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1974
|
Niger
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1974
|
Gabon
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1974
|
Gambia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1975
|
Thailand
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1975[31]
|
1975
|
Khmer Republic
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1994 to 1997
|
1975
|
South Vietnam
|
Defeat of South Vietnam
|
1992 (in Vietnam)
|
1975
|
Laos
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1975
|
Philippines
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1976
|
Central African Republic
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1977
|
Jordan
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1977
|
1977
|
Liberia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)[clarification needed]
|
|
1978
|
Libya
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1980 to 1997 (1st time) 2008 to 2011 (2nd time)
|
1979
|
United States
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1979[32]
|
1979
|
Portugal
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1992
|
1979
|
Colombia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1980?
|
1979
|
Tuvalu
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1980
|
Nauru
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1980
|
Ecuador
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1981
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1983
|
Dominica
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1983
|
Lesotho
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (first)
|
|
1983
|
Solomon Islands
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1983
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1984
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1984?
|
1984
|
Saint Lucia
|
Diplomatic relations established (1st time)
|
|
1985
|
Bolivia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1990 to 2009
|
1985
|
Nicaragua
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1988
|
Uruguay
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
1992 to 2002
|
1989
|
Grenada
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1989
|
Liberia
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
1989
|
Bahamas
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1989
|
Belize
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1990
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1990[33]
|
1990
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1990
|
Lesotho
|
Diplomatic relations established (2nd time)
|
|
1990
|
Nicaragua
|
Diplomatic relations resumed
|
|
1991
|
Central African Republic
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (3rd time)
|
|
1991
|
People's Republic of China
|
De facto recognition[34]
|
|
1992
|
South Korea
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1993? or 1994
|
1992
|
Israel
|
Recognition withdrawn[35]
|
1993[36]
|
1992
|
Niger
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
1993
|
Liberia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1994
|
Lesotho
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1994
|
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
|
Diplomatic relations established (2nd time)
|
|
1995
|
Monaco
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1995
|
Gambia
|
Diplomatic relations resumed
|
|
1996
|
Niger
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
1996
|
Senegal
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
1997
|
Bahamas
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1997
|
Chad
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
1997
|
Liberia
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (3rd time)
|
|
1997
|
Saint Lucia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
1997
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1998
|
South Africa
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
1998[37]
|
1998
|
Central African Republic
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (3rd time)
|
|
1998
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
1998
|
Tonga
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
1998
|
Marshall Islands
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1999
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Diplomatic relations maintained for 16 days[38]
|
1990[39]
|
1999
|
Macedonia
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
1999
|
Palau
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
2001
|
Macedonia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2002
|
Nauru
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (1st time)
|
|
2003
|
Liberia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (3rd time)
|
|
2003
|
Kiribati
|
Diplomatic relations established
|
|
2004
|
Dominica
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2004
|
Vanuatu
|
Diplomatic relations maintained for a week[40]
|
|
2005
|
Grenada
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2005
|
Nauru
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
2005
|
Senegal
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
2006
|
Chad
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
2007
|
Saint Lucia
|
Diplomatic relations resumed (2nd time)
|
|
2007
|
Costa Rica
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[clarification needed]
|
|
2008
|
Kosovo
|
Recognition achieved
|
|
2008
|
Malawi
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2013
|
Gambia
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
2016
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Diplomatic relations ceased[41]
|
|
2017
|
Panama
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2018
|
Dominican Republic
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2018
|
Burkina Faso
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
2018
|
El Salvador
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2019
|
Solomon Islands
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2019
|
Kiribati
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2020
|
Somaliland
|
Unofficial relations established
|
|
2021
|
Nicaragua
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|
2023
|
Honduras
|
Diplomatic relations ceased
|
|
2024
|
Nauru
|
Diplomatic relations ceased (2nd time)
|
|