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Honduras opens its first embassy in Beijing, China, after breaking off relations with Taiwan in March.
2023-06-11

The opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics is held in Beijing.
2022-03-4

Nicaraguan opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro Barrios is placed under house arrest in Managua as the government accuses her of money laundering.
2021-06-2

Liu Xia, widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, is allowed to leave Beijing, China, for Berlin, Germany.
2018-07-10

Dozens of Chinese taxi drivers attempt a mass suicide in Beijing to protest the way taxi companies renewed their vehicle leases.
2015-04-5

Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng – who fled from house arrest – reportedly takes refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing.
2012-04-28

Supporters of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei hold a party at his studio in Shanghai ahead of its scheduled demolition; he cannot attend as he is under house arrest.
2010-11-7

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

20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest.
2010-10-10

A court in Beijing upholds a sentence against Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on charges of subversion.
2010-02-11