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The International Monetary Fund modifies its benchmark currency basket to include the yuan of the People's Republic of China. The basket also includes the U.S. dollar, the euro, the pound sterling, and the Japanese yen.
2015-11-30

The leaders of the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Japan hold their first summit in three years.
2015-11-1

Tibetan advocacy groups claim that as many as seven ethnic Tibetans have been killed and 60 wounded in the past week in protests in China's Sichuan province bordering Tibet.
2012-01-30

The People's Republic of China warns residents of Zhejiang province and Shanghai to prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Muifa tomorrow or Sunday, which is expected to be one of the most powerful storms to hit China in recent years.
2011-08-5

In response, China warns Vietnam to stop all activities in the disputed waters.
2011-06-10

20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest.
2010-10-10

Japanese prosecutors release the Chinese fishing boat captain recently captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea after pressure from the Chinese government.
2010-09-24

Six people are attacked with a meat cleaver before the assailant commits suicide at a market in Foshan, China.
2010-05-17

James Cameron's "Avatar" becomes the highest-grossing film of all time (not accounting inflation), surpassing his 1997 "Titanic".
2010-01-26