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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan, China, injuring 22 people.
2022-01-2

China confirms an outbreak of the African swine fever in the key pork-producing provinces of Hubei and Sichuan.
2021-03-6

Authorities in China sentence Huang Yu, a computer technician from Sichuan who worked for a government department which handled state secrets, to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents to an unidentified foreign power. The documents in question covered secrets ranging from the ruling Communist Party to military and financial issues.
2016-04-19

The toll of dead and missing people from the 2013 Southwest China floods rises above 40 with Sichuan province worst affected.
2013-07-12

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is opened in Beijing, during which current Paramount Leader Hu Jintao is expected to step down to make way for presumptive leader Xi Jinping.
2012-11-8

President Hu officially receives Egypt's president Morsi, who is in China for in-depth discussion and cooperation talks.
2012-08-29

The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrives in Beijing for talks with Hu Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China to discuss the recent partition with Southern Sudan.
2011-06-28

Two passenger train carriages are swept into a river by floods in Sichuan, China.
2010-08-19

Premier Wen Jiabao travels to the earthquake zone, having postponed a scheduled visit to Brunei, Indonesia and Myanmar. President Hu Jintao calls the Presidents of Chile and Venezuela to postpone trips to those countries.
2010-04-16