On January 20, 2005 (December 11, 2004 in the lunar calendar), Grenada, which had severed diplomatic relations with China for 15 years, officially resumed diplomatic relations with China. On January 20, 2005, Grenada, a Caribbean country that had severed diplomatic relations with China for 15 years, officially resumed diplomatic relations with China. So far, China has established diplomatic relations with 166 countries. Grenada established diplomatic relations with China at the ambassadorial level in October 1985. Due to the establishment of so-called "diplomatic relations" with the Taiwan authorities four years later, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement in August 1989 to suspend diplomatic relations with Grenada.