Timle

US-China Relations

By alannam

  • 1979

    1979
    Carter grants China full diplomatic recognition and recognizes the One-China policy separating China from Taiwan.

  • 1989

    1989
    Tianamen Square Massacre causes US to cease military sales to Beijing

  • 1996

    1996
    Taiwan holds first free presidential vote and Nationalist Li Tenghui wins.

  • 2000

    2000
    US President Clinton signs the US-China Relations Act of 2000. This grants Beijing permanent normal trade relations with the US.

  • 2007

    2007
    China increases military spending by 18 percent.

  • 2008

    2008
    China becomes the largest US Foreign creditor.

  • 2010

    2010
    China becomes world's second largest economy after it is valued at $1.33 trillion.

  • 2011

    2011
    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is held in Honolulu, Hawaii. US President Obama announces the US and 8 other nations have reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  • 2012

    2012
    China has new leadership- Xi Jinping as President, Li Keqiang as Premier, as well as the standing politburo, central military commission, and the state council.

  • 2014

    2014
    US president Obama and Chinese president Xi create a joint statement at APEC 2014 about climate change, planning to reduce emissions.