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Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases.
2022-06-25

MV "Shunqiang 2" collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers.
2018-07-15

China's state-run "Global Times" newspaper reports the launching of the first Type 055 destroyer, a 10,000-ton "new generation" warship, at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
2017-06-28

At least 68 people were killed and more than 180 injured in an early morning explosion at a factory near Shanghai that makes automobile parts for General Motors. The factory produces aluminum alloy tire rims.
2014-08-2

Authorities in Shanghai arrest four people for unlicensed welding following the 2010 Shanghai fire.
2010-11-16

One person is missing and thousands of people have fled as Typhoon Megi, the first supertyphoon of the 2010 Pacific typhoon season, makes landfall in the Philippines.
2010-10-18

Typhoon Fanapi (Inday) hits Taiwan with at least three people killed and dozens of people injured. The Peoples Republic of China steps up its emergency response in preparation for an impact on Monday.
2010-09-19

Two workers are missing and more than thirty workers are trapped in an oil rig in the Shengli oil field off Dongying in China's Shandong province.
2010-09-8

Severe Tropical Storm Lionrock lands in China's Fujian province with warnings of strong winds and torrential rains.
2010-09-2

Google claims that its Chinese Internet search and mobile search is blocked.
2010-07-29