On this day, 70 years ago, January 2, 1955 (December 9, 1954, the lunar calendar), my country established diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. Former Embassy of China in Yugoslavia was one of the first countries to recognize the People's Republic of China. As early as October 6, 1949, the Acting Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia called Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai on behalf of the government, claiming that "the government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia... has decided to recognize the central government of the People's Republic of China. "But what is strange is that this message expressing friendship to New China fell into the sea after it was sent out. The China government neither replied to express approval or rejection, nor did it reply to express receipt of the telegram. Even when it listed the countries that recognized New China in government documents and news propaganda reports, it did not mention the name of Yugoslavia. The main reason behind the special phenomenon of shelving-forced "inaction" is the existence of Soviet factors. In June 1948, the conflict between the two parties in southern Jiangsu intensified, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union manipulated a meeting of the Communist Party's Intelligence Bureau to make the decision to expel the Communist Party of the Southern Party. At this time, the issue of establishing New China had been put on the agenda. The Communist Party of China urgently needed support from the Soviet Union, and Mao Zedong was actively requesting to visit the Soviet Union. However, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia's opposition to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made Stalin, who had a grudge against Mao Zedong, even more suspicious that Mao Zedong might be another Tito and a representative of "nationalism." In order to express its position and dispel the doubts of the Soviet Union, although the Communist Party of China, which was not a member of the Intelligence Bureau, did not know much about the real situation of the conflict in southern Jiangsu at that time, but with trust in the authoritative position of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it quickly responded with a "full agreement" after learning of the Intelligence Bureau's resolution. In mid-1949, in order to withstand the constant strong pressure exerted on it by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, Yugoslavia had to establish relations with the United States, Britain and other Western countries, develop trade, and seek aid. However, in the eyes of the Soviet Union, this was a more serious "betrayal". The conflict between the two parties in southern Jiangsu and Jiangsu intensified, and relations between the two countries also completely deteriorated. Against this background, the new China government had no choice but to adopt an "inaction" approach to Yugoslavia's message expressing its willingness to establish diplomatic relations, and the two countries were isolated. Transformation-China and South Africa resumed contact After Stalin died in March 1953, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union headed by Khrushchev began to adjust its foreign policies and proactively improve relations with Yugoslavia in order to restore the unity of the socialist camp. Yugoslavia also wants to end years of confrontation with the Soviet Union. In June, the two sides agreed to restore diplomatic relations and send ambassadors to each other. At the same time, Yugoslavia is also trying to establish contacts with China through different channels. Although Tito once said in early 1954 that Yugoslavia had no intention of suggesting exchanging envoys with China because Yugoslavia "no longer wants to hit a wall," Yugoslavia still hoped to use some diplomatic occasions to convey important information to China on establishing diplomatic relations. In 1954, the China Embassy in Romania held a National Day banquet and invited senior embassy officials from seven countries without diplomatic relations, including Yugoslavia. Before leaving, Yugoslavia's charge d'affaires had a long talk with Ambassador Wang Youping and said several times that although Yugoslavia had recognized China for so long, it had not received a reply so far. On October 2, Wang Youping talked about this matter with the visiting Soviet Ambassador to Romania Melnikoff. Ambassador Su believed that the Yugoslav charge d'affaires's words were official and suggested "pulling Yugoslavia out of the U.S. Empire camp." The next day, Wang Youping sent a message to China, suggesting that "our government should establish diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia as soon as possible." On the 12th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called back instructing that "the conditions for me to formally establish diplomatic relations and exchange envoys with Yugoslavia are not yet ripe." At the same time, it also demanded that "we should actively carry out activities and continue to contact them in general social occasions in the future." Breakthrough-the realization of diplomatic relations between China and South Africa. Immediately afterwards, at the reception for the Army Day of the Embassy of Slovakia in the Soviet Union on October 6, the Yugoslav Ambassador to the Soviet Union raised the Yugoslav government's wish to establish diplomatic relations with New China to Zhang Wentian, the Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union. On the same day, Zhang Wentian sent two telegrams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reported them to the Prime Minister and the Central Committee, recommending that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agree to establish diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia and stating the reasons. On October 18, the central government called back to express its agreement and decided that Zhang Wentian would negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Yugoslav ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow on behalf of the China government. But before starting negotiations, we had to see Comrade Molotov once and inform the Soviet government of our plans to take action against Yugoslavia. After reaching agreement with the Soviet Union and many consultations with the South, China and South Africa formally established diplomatic relations on January 2, 1955.