Winland Opera Books
2015 A Homage to European Opera
Diplomatic relations between the European Union and
the People’s Republic of China were first established on May 6, 1975. At the
time, the European Economic Community (i.e. the predecessor to the European
Union) only had 9 member nations, while China still found itself in the late
phase of the Cultural Revolution. At the tail end of their tenure, the first
generation of leaders of the newly established People’s Republic of China paved
the way for a thawing of relations with the West, causing China to undergo a
tremendous transformation in the ensuing 40 years.
