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At least 15 people are killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in Chongqing, China.
2023-07-5

Temperatures in Chongqing, China, reach 45 C during a historic drought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of Xinjiang.
2022-08-19

A carbon monoxide leak kills at least 18 miners at a coal mine in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China. A search and rescue effort is underway to find six other missing miners.
2020-12-5

At least 13 people are killed and 20 others are missing following a gas explosion in a coal mine in western China's Chongqing region.
2016-10-31

Wang Lijun, the former police chief and vice-mayor of Chongqing, China, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption-related charges and defection.
2012-09-24

Wang Lijun, the former vice mayor and police chief of Chongqing, faces charges of abuse of power, bribe-taking, defection, and bending the law for personal gain. The Chengdu city prosecutor says Wang has tried to cover up Gu Kailai's murder of businessman Neil Heywood.
2012-09-5

Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Chongqing Politburo leader Bo Xilai, is given a suspended death sentence for the murder of Neil Heywood in China.
2012-08-20

Ousted Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai is reportedly confined to his house in Beijing as he undergoes investigations from Chinese authorities.
2012-03-30

Bo Xilai is replaced as the Communist Party boss in the city of Chongqing by 3rd Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang as a result of an ideological dispute.
2012-03-15

China executes Wen Qiang, Chongqing's top justice official, in its crackdown on corruption.
2010-07-7