 the treaty of peace and friendship between japan and the people's republic of china (japanese: , chinese: ä¸­åäººæ°å±åå½åæ¥æ¬å½åå¹³åå¥½æ¡çº¦, pinyin: zhÅnghuÃ¡ rÃ©nmÃ­n gÃ²nghÃ©guÃ³ hÃ© rÃ¬bÄnguÃ³ hÃ©pÃ­ng yÇuhÇo tiÃ¡oyuÄ) was 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 (1913 &ndash; 2010), foreign minister of the people's republic of china, and sunao sonada (1913 &ndash; 1984), minister for foreign affairs of japan. the treaty went into effect on october 23, 1978 with the state visit of vice premier of the prc deng xiaoping (1904 &ndash; 1997) to japan. the treaty had its origin in the joint communiquÃ© of the government of japan and the government of the people's republic of china of 1972. negotiations on a 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. == see also ==  * [[joint communiquÃ© of the government of japan and the government of the p
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