China\'s Quest. The History of the Foreign Relations of the People\'s Republic of China - John Garver

Date Individual Position Object of Visit Role in Soviet
Union

1989
July Song Jian head S&T commission S&T cooperation
July Tian Jiyun vice premier expand eco & S&T
coop
Sept. Zhu Liang head CCP International
Liaison Dept.

strengthen party-to-
party ties
Sept. Anatoliy Lukyanov 1st vice chair Supreme Sovietlegislative ties,
reform

anti-Gorbachev

Dec. Valentin Falin head CPSU ILD Inter-party ties,
East Europe

Gorbachev aide

1990
Jan. Igor Rogachev deputy foreign minister Cambodia
Mar. K. F. K at u shev minister foreign economic
relations.

trade

Apr. Li Peng Premier reform & international
issues
Apr. Xu Xin deputy PLA Chief of Staff accompanies Li Peng
Apr. Song Wenzhong PLA foreign affairs Dept.
May Boris Pugo interior minister member coup group
May Liu Huaqing vice chair CMC mil-mil ties
May Hu Ping Minister of Commerce
Jun. Vladimir Khuzhokov deputy head military foreign
affairs office
Jul. Peng Zhong NPC vice head
Sept. Alex Bessmertnykh foreign minister Persian Gulf
Oct. Bessmertnykh foreign minister Persian Gulf
Oct. Zheng Tuolin minister of eco. & trade trade
Dec. Li Ruishan NPC legal affairs vice chair law and order
? Ding Guangen Alternate Politburo member
? Wang Renzhi Minister of Propaganda ideology
1991
Jan. Igor Rogachev deputy foreign minister Persian Gulf crisis
Feb. Vladimir Ivashko dep. Secretary General CPSU large trade credit
Mar. Yuriy Maslynkov dep. Premier economics ties
Apr. Alex Bessmertnykh foreign minister
May Jiang Zemin Secretary General Party-to-party ties,
reform
May Qin Qiwei defense minister accompanies Jiang
Zemin
May Dmitriy Yazov defense minister arms trade member coup group
Jun. Li Ximing Beijing Party Secretary the reform process
Jun. Ivan Polozkov head CPSU Russia organization direct rival of Yeltsin
Aug. Chi Haotian Chief of Staff military relations.
Coup?.

conveyed alert to
China?
Aug. A.M. Belonogov vice foreign minister Secure endorsement
of coup

FIGUR E 19-1 Chinese Delegation Diplomacy with the Soviet Union, June 1989–December 1991
Source: Zhongguo waijiao (China’s diplomacy), Shijie zhishi chubanshe. Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily
Report China.