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Beijing starts to provide Convidecia Air, the world's first inhalable COVID booster vaccine, manufactured by CanSino Biologics.
2022-11-18

The Chinese capital Beijing begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to "at-risk" individuals over the age of 18, which includes those participating, organizing, or working in the 2022 Winter Olympics as well as people working in education, manufacturing, retail, and public facilities.
2021-10-22

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

China's top security official blames the East Turkestan Islamic Movement for a suicide attack that killed five people at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Monday.
2013-11-1

Five people are killed after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
2013-10-28

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

New laws restricting car purchases in the Chinese capital Beijing come into force, in an attempt to combat serious traffic problems.
2010-12-24

The Supreme Court in Burma hears an appeal from lawyers of Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest.
2010-10-29

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