In a disappointing development on the diplomatic front, the PRC announced that it was establishing diplomatic relations with Nauru, a country that had formal ties with the ROC. Nauru President Rene Miller and PRC Assistant to the Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong signed a communique on July 21 in Hong Kong, establishing full mutual recognition as of that date and agreeing to an exchange of diplomats at the ambassadorial level.
諾魯總統勒內・哈里斯與中共外交部部長助理周文重二十一日在香港簽署建交公報，決定兩國自即日起互相承認，建立大使級關係。