Milestones

Milestones: 1960

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-30 05:12

-- Chinese mountaineers scale the summit of Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, via the north ridge on May 25.

-- The first China-made 10,000-ton ocean liner sets sail in Shanghai.

-- The USSR withdraws all experts in China and refuses to offer further assistance as the two countries split after ideological debates.