1971 in the People's Republic of China
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Events in the year 1971 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents
- Chairman of the Communist Party - Mao Zedong
- President – Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu (acting)
- Premier of the State Council – Zhou Enlai
Events
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
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
References
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