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Scientific and Technical Cooperation

Signed at Beijing August 31, 2023; entered into force August 31, 2023.

Extension of agreement of January 31, 1979: TIAS 9179.  Agreement previously extended January 12, 1984: TIAS 10921; January 25 and 27, 1989; May 22, 1991; April 24 and 25, 2001; April 18, 2006; January 19, 2011; November 20, 2013: TIAS 13-1120; April 18 and 21, 2016: TIAS 16-421; June 5, June 6 and August 30, 2017: TIAS 17-830; and September 17 and 22, 2018: TIAS 18-922.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future