Great Hall of the People, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China , 19921005. PHOTO: ANC Archives. The President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela (centre), accompanied by the ANC spokesman, Mr Pallo Jordan (right), visits the People's Republic of China (PRC) in October 1992. At this time South Africa recognises Taiwan (ROC) as independent from the PRC, and Nelson Mandela is in support of a 'Two Chinas' policy. The weeklong visit to China involves discussions towards establishing official ties between a Greater China (including PRC and ROC) and South Africa. A number of welcoming ceremonies are held where the ANC delegates meet with, amongst others, President Yang Shangkun, Prime Minister Li Peng and the Chinese Communist Party General Secretary, Jiang Zemin. Press conferences are held at the Great Hall of the People. After many years of strong lobbying by the PRC, and engagement with Nelson Mandela, official relations between the PRC's 'One China' and South Africa were established in 1998.
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Mandela visits China in 1992

Title: Colour Photographic Print Description: Great Hall of the People, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, People's Republic of China , 19921005. PHOTO: ANC Archives. The President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela (centre), accompanied by the ANC spokesman, Mr Pallo Jordan (right), visits the People's Republic of China (PRC) in October 1992. At this time South Africa recognises Taiwan (ROC) as independent from the PRC, and Nelson Mandela is in support of a 'Two Chinas' policy. The weeklong visit to China involves discussions towards establishing official ties between a Greater China (including PRC and ROC) and South Africa. A number of welcoming ceremonies are held where the ANC delegates meet with, amongst others, President Yang Shangkun, Prime Minister Li Peng and the Chinese Communist Party General Secretary, Jiang Zemin. Press conferences are held at the Great Hall of the People. After many years of strong lobbying by the PRC, and engagement with Nelson Mandela, official relations between the PRC's 'One China' and South Africa were established in 1998. Sublocation: Great Hall of the People City: Beijing Province or State: Beijing Municipality Country: People's Republic of China Date Created: 05-10-1992 Creator: ANC Archives Credit Notice: ANC Archives / african.pictures Keywords: Rights usage terms: At the time of the collection of the ANC Archive, the African National Congress was a liberation movement. The nature of the archive, then, reflects this reality. To safeguard those involved in gathering the information and records that could further the objectives of the organisation, it was imperative that those gathering such information should remain anonymous. As a result, the creators of material held in the ANC Archives is often unknown and thus, unless otherwise stated, this asset is considered an orphan work and is made available to license on the basis that it is in the public good to enable the material to be used to tell the story of the ANC and of the liberation struggle in South Africa and around the world. Wherever possible we would like to identify rights holders ensuring that they are correctly credited and that there is an agreement in place to enable us to license on their behalf. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify african.pictures. Unless otherwise stated the default rights statement on material in the ANC Archive is "Unknown Rightsholder" and the associated rights statement can be found here: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/