Author: Daniel Ball

On December 15, 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations, set to begin on January 1, 1979, between the U.S. and  China. The U.S. recognized the communist People’s Republic of China as the government for

On August 23, 1958, Chinese Communists, led by Mao Zedong, began firing artillery shells at the Quemoy and Matsu Islands, the territory of the Chinese nationalists, who were based in Taiwan and led by Chiang-Kai Shek. Shortly following this attack,