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At least 11 people, including 5 suspects, are killed and 15 others are injured on Sunday's violence in China's Xinjiang region, raising the death toll to 20 over the weekend attacks in Kashgar.
2011-08-1

Dozens of people are injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank in Gansu, northwest China.
2011-05-13

Chinese authorities continue a crackdown on dissent, with some activists placed on labour camps according to rights groups.
2011-04-13

The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reports that the People's Republic of China has reinforced fences and increased patrols along its border with North Korea in order to stop a flow of refugees.
2011-03-30

Protests by Tibetan students against a new language policy making Chinese the official teaching language spread in China, with a demonstration taking place at the Minzu University of China in Beijing.
2010-10-22

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

Fresh landslides and heavy rain in northwestern China leave at least 29 people dead and a further 10,500 trapped.
2010-08-13

Heavy rains threaten rescue efforts after a deadly mudslide in Gansu, China, as the death toll reaches 1,117.
2010-08-11

9 people, including 7 children, are killed at a school near Hanzhong city, Shaanxi, China.
2010-05-12

A severe sandstorm affecting northern parts of China hits the capital Beijing, with health authorities urging people to stay inside.
2010-03-20