Sources: Xinhua
At least 41 people are missing in Taining County of China's Fujian province after a landslide hits a construction workers dormitory. 2016-05-8
The People's Republic of China rejects an attempt by the Philippines to seek international arbitration over conflicting claims to the South China Sea. 2013-02-19
Chinese tour companies suspend tourist flights to the Philippines amid rising tensions between the two countries over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. 2012-05-10
Crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China: Authorities in China charge dissident Zhu Yufu for "subverting state power". 2012-01-17
Chinese police beat protesters and fire tear gas after demonstrators storm government buildings in Haimen (70km NNW from Shanghai), in protest against a local 'polluting' coal-powered electricity generation plant. 2011-12-20
More than 50,000 people are evacuated after the Yalu River floods in China; flooding is also reported in North Korea with the city of Sinuiju particularly affected. 2010-08-21
Authorities in China sentence Chinese-American geologist Xue Feng to 8 years in prison for "selling state secrets"; the U.S. expresses "dismay" at the sentence. 2010-07-5
An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract. 2010-02-6
China becomes the largest exporting country, pushing Germany from first place. 2010-01-6