Sources: BBC China Daily
Year-over-year GDP growth in the People's Republic of China slows to 9.1% for the third quarter of 2011, following government efforts to curb inflation. 2011-10-18
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is freed on bail. Under the terms of his bail agreement, he is not permitted to disclose the reason for his arrest and detention. 2011-06-22
Police in China search for a man who threw eggs and a shoe at the creator of the "Great Firewall of China", Fang Binxing. 2011-05-19
A group of international diplomats begins a two-day tour given by Iran as a gesture of goodwill and transparency in response to foreign concerns over its nuclear program. The European Union, Russia, and the People's Republic of China refuses its invitation. 2011-01-15
The Chinese embassy in Oslo implicitly warns foreign diplomats not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for Liu Xiaobo. 2010-11-5
58 people, including 34 former government officials, are given sentences in China over a deadly landslide at an illegal iron ore mine that killed 277 people in 2008. 2010-09-30
South Korea and the United States pressure China to allow UN action against North Korea. 2010-05-24
A severe sandstorm affecting northern parts of China hits the capital Beijing, with health authorities urging people to stay inside. 2010-03-20
South Africa announces it has intercepted a ship carrying North Korean arms destined for central Africa, travelling by way of China, in violation of Security Council Resolution 1874. [http:--online.wsj.com-article-SB10001424052748704479404575087411640791960.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines ("Wall Street Journal")] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-169703-china-probes-path-of-seized-north-korea-arms ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-02-25
United States President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama amid opposition from China. 2010-02-18