China gained a foothold in the Balkans in the 1970s, when it made an alliance with the Albanian government, led by then-Party of Labour of Albania First Secretary Enver Hoxha.
Kina je tijekom 1970-ih otvorila pristup Balkanu sklapanjem saveza s albanskom vladom, koju je tada vodio prvi tajnik albanske Radničke stranke Enver Hoxha.