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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

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera states that the country has lodged a protest with China after a People's Liberation Army Navy frigate directed weapon-targeting radar at a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2013-02-5

A school bus crashes in Jiangsu, China, killing 15 children.
2011-12-13

The Chinese state-run "Global Times" newspaper dismisses international criticism over the arrest of artist Ai Weiwei.
2011-04-6

Four men from Xinjiang in western China are to be executed following convictions for terrorism in the region last year.
2011-02-23

The People's Republic of China orders makers of films and television programs to limit the amount of smoking shown on-screen. [http:--www.philstar.com-Article.aspx?articleId=657684&publicationSubCategoryId=200 (AP via Phil Star)]date=August 2019
2011-02-15

Three people are arrested in China's Guangdong Province in relation to a $90 million gold heist, the biggest in Hong Kong history.
2010-12-4

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Indiana in 2009, enjoining Teva Pharmaceuticals from the marketing of its drug for the treatment of osteoporosis. The district court found, and the appellate court agrees, that Teva's drug is in violation of a valid patent held by Eli Lilly and Company.
2010-09-1

127 people are killed and 2,000 missing in landslides in Gansu Province, China, due to ongoing flooding.
2010-08-8

China rejects criticism by the United States of its internet controls, saying it could harm relations between the two countries.
2010-01-22