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In China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection places under investigation Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo, who is also serving as acting Communist Party Secretary.
2016-09-11

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing for high-level talks with the government of China. She also contacts dissident Chen Guangcheng.
2012-05-2

Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan, visits the People's Republic of China seeking assistance to build an oil pipeline.
2012-04-24

14 people die and 53 are missing after floods affecting Guizhou province in southwest China that have also damaged thousands of homes.
2011-06-7

China posts a trade deficit for the first time since March 2010, amid slowing exports.
2011-03-10

Online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" and protest continue in China, as several people are detained.
2011-02-23

Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya.
2011-02-23

At least seven people are killed and fifteen injured in a 100-vehicle pile up in southwest China.
2010-12-27

A court in Zambia grants bail to two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for shooting and injuring 11 coal miners during a protest over pay and working conditions.
2010-11-2

China commences surveillance of text messages, with customers from the country's two largest operators being blocked for lewd messages. Meanwhile, text messaging returns to Xinjiang, after riots last July.
2010-01-18