The ambassador to China was also accredited to Japan until 1971, when Peru recognized the PRC, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the establishment of relations in 1988[1] until 2017, when Peru declared the Korean ambassador as a persona non grata and gave him 5 days to leave the country in response to the country's missile launches earlier that month.

[2] Peru established relations with the Chinese Empire with the signing of a treaty in Tianjin on June 26, 1874.

[3] After the establishment of the Republic of China, Peru maintained its relations with the new Kuomintang government.

[6] After the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, Peru established relations with the People's Republic of China on November 2, 1971,[7] with the Republic of China severing its relations and closing its embassy in Lima as a result,[6] and the PRC opening its embassy the following year.

[7] As such, Peru became the third Latin American country to recognize the Beijing-based government,[8] and has since adhered to the One China policy.