Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978)

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bilateral agreement diplomatic communiqué international diplomatic document

The Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) is the formal agreement between the United States and the People’s Republic of China that normalized relations and led to the official establishment of diplomatic ties on January 1, 1979.

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Label	Occurrences
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations	1
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) canonical	1
Normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ diplomatic communiqué ⓘ international diplomatic document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1978 U.S.–China Joint Communiqué NERFINISHED ⓘ Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
datePublished	1978-12-16 ⓘ
dateSigned	1978-12-15 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1979-01-01 ⓘ
field	diplomatic history ⓘ international relations ⓘ
hasPart	preamble ⓘ provisions on Taiwan-related arrangements ⓘ provisions on establishment of embassies ⓘ provisions on mutual recognition ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
legalEffectOn	termination of official U.S. diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ withdrawal of U.S. recognition from the Republic of China government in Taipei ⓘ
legalStatus	binding political agreement ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeSigned	Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	establishment of PRC Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 1979 ⓘ establishment of U.S. Embassy in Beijing in 1979 ⓘ
relatedDocument	Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China (August 17, 1982) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai Communiqué (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	establishment of full diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ mutual recognition between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ normalization of relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
signatory	Government of the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedUnder	leadership of Deng Xiaoping ⓘ presidency of Jimmy Carter ⓘ
stipulates	the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China ⓘ the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China will establish embassies in each other’s capitals NERFINISHED ⓘ the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China will exchange ambassadors ⓘ the United States of America recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China ⓘ the United States of America will maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
title	Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	U.S.–China relations ⓘ diplomatic recognition ⓘ one-China policy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Shanghai Communiqué → followedBy → Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) ⓘ

United States–China relations → normalizedBy → Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations

Leonard Woodcock → notableWork → Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China