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Palau's President Thomas Remengesau Jr. bans chartered flights from China and suspends charter flights from Macau and Hong Kong until further notice. Remengesau is set to issue an executive order to that effect after a meeting with the National Emergency Committee.
2020-01-28

At least eleven people die in China's Guangdong Province when a bridge collapses while being built.
2014-05-4

At least 25 people are dead in Hong Kong and southern China after Typhoon Usagi passes through with the storm having killed eight people in the Philippines.
2013-09-23

Hong Kong and China's Guangdong Province is hit by Category 4 Typhoon Vicente, resulting in scores of people injured, cancellation of flights and closure of businesses.
2012-07-24

Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visits Hong Kong on a three-day official tour; observers indicate that this solidifies his status as the next Premier of China.
2011-08-16

The fourth tropical storm of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season, Tropical Storm Haima (Egay), makes landfall in southern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China.
2011-06-23

Customs officials in Hong Kong seize a haul of cocaine worth US$33.4m bound for China, originating from Bolivia.
2011-01-20

Hundreds of people march in Hong Kong to demand the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony on Friday.
2010-12-5

A book written by Chinese dissident Yu Jie critical of Premier Wen Jiabao goes on sale in Hong Kong, with threats of imprisonment from the mainland.
2010-08-16

Google stops censoring its search results in China, redirecting users to its Hong Kong site.
2010-03-22