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China bans the use of iPhones for government officials resulting in the market value of Apple Inc. stock declining by $200 billion in the past two days.
2023-09-7

China's National Medical Products Administration approves the use of the neutralizing antibody cocktail developed by BRII Biosciences to treat COVID-19 in adults and teenagers.
2021-12-8

The Ministry of Emergency Management of China says that flooding in south and central China has killed more than a dozen people and forced hundreds of thousands to seek emergency shelter since 2 June.
2020-06-11

A bus carrying Chinese tourists overturns near Bryce Canyon national park in Utah, United States. At least four passengers are killed and another five wounded. The National Transportation Safety Board launches an investigation.
2019-09-20

Wei Hong is removed as the Governor of China's Sichuan province due to perceived disloyalty to the Communist Party. [http:--lasvegassun.com-news-2016-feb-05-governor-of-major-china-province-removed-for-dislo- (AP via "Las Vegas Sun")]date=August 2019
2016-02-5

China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%.
2013-12-18

Two people die in China from H7N9 avian influenza infection – a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans.
2013-03-31

Disabled Chinese land rights lawyer Ni Yulan and her husband are sentenced by a Beijing court a year after they were detained for fraud and "provoking trouble".
2012-04-10

China's unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully returns to Earth, landing in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region after docking twice with the Tiangong-1 orbital laboratory module.
2011-11-17

The United Nations Human Rights Council condemns Syria for using deadly force against peaceful protesters and calls for an investigation into the killing of civilians and other alleged crimes; China, Russia and Pakistan vote against measures as "meddling in Syria's internal affairs".
2011-04-29