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{{Short description|1978 peace treaty}}
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The '''Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: {{Nihongo|日本国と中華人民共和国との間の平和友好条約|Nihonkoku to Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku to no aida no Heiwa Yūkō Jōyaku}}{{Ref|A|A}}, [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 中华人民共和国和日本国和平友好条约, [[pinyin]]: ''Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó hé Rìběnguó hépíng yǒuhǎo tiáoyuē'') is a [[peace treaty]] concluded between the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Japan]] on August 12, 1978. The treaty was signed in [[Beijing]] by [[Huang Hua (politician)|Huang Hua]] (1913 &ndash; 2010), [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China]], and [[Sunao Sonoda]] (1913 &ndash; 1984), [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan]]. The treaty went into effect on October 23, 1978, with the state visit of [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|Vice Premier of the PRC]] [[Deng Xiaoping]] (1904 &ndash; 1997) to Japan.  The treaty had its origin in the [[Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China]] of 1972. Negotiations on a [[Japan China Trade Agreement 1974|formal peace treaty began in 1974]], but were drawn out over various disputes until 1978. The treaty ultimately consisted of five articles, and was strongly opposed by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="gendai">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Gendai Yōgo No Kiso Chishiki [現代用語の基礎知識] | title = 日中平和友好条約 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-09-11 | year = 2012 | publisher = Jiyū Kokuminsha | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) | title = 日中平和友好条約 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-09-10 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China | oclc = 153301537 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[China–Japan relations]]
* [[Japan China Trade Agreement 1974]]

==Footnotes==
:A.{{Note|A}}*The treaty is commonly known in Japanese by its abbreviated name, {{Nihongo|日中平和友好条約|Nitchū Heiwa Yūkō Jōyaku|}}.<ref name="gendai" />

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==References==
* Cheng J.Y.S (2001).  China's Japan Policy in the 1980s.  ''International Affairs'', 61(1), 91–107. 
* Tow W.T. (1983).  Sino-Japanese Security Cooperation: Evolution and Prospects. ''Pacific Affairs'', 56(1), 51–84.

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