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An A319-100 aircraft operated by Tibet Airlines veers off the runway and catches fire at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Yubei District, Chongqing, China, injuring forty people, with some being hospitalized.
2022-05-12

Sixteen people are killed and 10 others injured by a gas explosion in Chongqing, China.
2022-01-7

Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident.
2018-11-1

Chinese state media reports that all 33 miners trapped underground have been found dead on Monday after a gas explosion at Jinshangou Coal Mine in Laisu Town of Yongchuan District in Chongqing, and preliminary investigations have been started.
2016-11-2

In China, a court rules in favor of a gay man who sued a Chongqing electroconvulsive therapy clinic that practises conversion therapy.
2014-12-19

Wang Lijun, the former police chief and vice-mayor of Chongqing, China, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption-related charges and defection.
2012-09-24

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets privately with Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai. The latter is currently embroiled in the Wang Lijun affair in what is rumoured to be an intense political struggle.
2012-02-11

Chinese authorities implement new controls on the content of text messages sent to mobile phones according to service providers, including references to democracy, human rights, and corruption.
2011-01-6

Demonstrations occur against Japan in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Chongqing on the anniversary of the Mukden Incident.
2010-09-18

China and Taiwan sign a trade deal in the southern mainland city of Chongqing.
2010-06-29