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An early morning fire in the Chinese city of Changshu in Jiangsu province kills 22 people and injures three.
2017-07-16

Chinese authorities advise that they will deport Australian artist Guo Jian arrested before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
2014-06-6

The UN Security Council holds a closed-door session to discuss new sanctions against North Korea following reports of an agreement on a draft resolution between the United States and China. North Korea announces plans to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-21673332 (BBC)] [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-national-2013-03-05-28-0301000000AEN20130305005600315F.HTML (Yonhap News)] [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20130305_43.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2013-03-5

A Chinese court sentences dissident Chen Wei to nine years imprisonment for "inciting subversion of state power", after he published essays online calling for multiparty democracy.
2011-12-23

Teargas is fired and protesters arrested in Haimen, southern China, in a demonstration against the construction of a power plant.
2011-12-22

Vietnamese police shut down an anti-China rally in Hanoi over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
2011-08-21

The People's Republic of China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hold an antiterrorism drill in Xinjiang.
2011-05-6

The People's Republic of China gets rid of the death penalty for 13 non-violent economic crimes.
2011-02-25

Wikileaks releases 250,000 messages sent by U.S. embassies, including messages discussing corruption, criticisms of the UK, Guantánamo Bay prison camp, a Chinese cyber attack, the relationship between Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi, and a possible unified Korea.
2010-11-28

A Chinese activist Zhao Lianhai who campaigned for victims of the tainted milk scandal in 2008 is jailed for two and half years for "inciting social disorder".
2010-11-10