Embassy of China, Lima

Embassy of China, Lima
Location	San Isidro, Lima, Peru
Address	Jr. José Granda 150[1]
Opening	February 1972[2]
Ambassador	Song Yang
Website	Official website

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Peru[a] is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to Peru. The embassy is serviced by the Chinese ambassador to Peru.

History

See also: Embassy of Taiwan, Lima

The embassy opened in February 1972,[2] one year after the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado recognized the People's Republic of China instead of the Republic of China as the sole government of China.[3] The Taiwanese government only opened a representative office six years after the closure of its embassy, in 1978.[4]

The embassy's opening was met with festivities organised by pro-Beijing committees, who welcomed the new Chinese ambassador upon his arrival at Jorge Chávez International Airport in numbers that reached up to 500 people.[5] At the time, however, many Chinese Peruvians identified with the Nationalist government in Taipei, which caused a division in the community that faded in the following decades.[6]

In 1985, during the internal conflict in Peru, the embassy was bombed alongside the Soviet and U.S. embassies.[7][8] The attacks were carried out with dynamite, with the attack on the Chinese embassy destroying its front door.[9] The embassy was again attacked in 1989.[10] In 2000, the embassy was relocated to San Isidro. On January 25, 2023, the building's main entrance was blocked by protestors as part of a series of protests by supporters of former president Pedro Castillo.[11]

See also

• China–Peru relations
• Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru

Notes

1. Chinese: 中华人民共和国驻秘鲁共和国大使馆; pinyin: Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó zhù bìlǔ gònghéguó dàshǐ guǎn; Spanish: Embajada de la República Popular China en la República del Perú

References

1. "使馆信息". Embajada de la República Popular China en la República del Perú. 2022-01-01.
2. Wolfgang Bartke (1981). "The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981". news.xinhuanet.com. Instituts für Asienkunde. p. 110. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
3. Zhang 2022, p. 4.
4. "駐處與駐地關係" [Residency and Resident Relations [between the Republic of China and Peru]]. Portal of Republic of China (Taiwan) Diplomatic Missions.
5. Zhang 2022, p. 5.
6. Zhang 2022, p. 6.
7. "Lethal Terrorist Actions Against Americans 1973–1985" (PDF). Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
8. "Police round up 3,500 after Lima bomb blitz". The Globe and Mail. Associated Press. May 18, 1985. p. 13.
9. "Dinamitan residencia de embajador de Estados Unidos y Embajada China". Lugar de la Memoria.
10. Murillo, Ana (1989-10-27). "Los maoístas de Sendero Luminoso atacan la Embajada china en Lima". El País.
11. "Isidro: decenas de protestantes hacen plantón en la fachada de la embajada de China". Trome. January 25, 2023.

Bibliography

• Zhang, Xiaoxu (2022-09-19). "La identidad política de los inmigrantes chinos en el Perú con su país de origen: a principios de la década 1970s". Ibero-América Studies. 4 (2): 30–38. doi:10.55704/ias.v4i2.04. S2CID 252402046.