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Heavy rain in southwest China causes floods and landslides with at least 9 people dead and 62 missing.
2013-07-11

Chinese official "Beijing Daily" describes dissident Chen Guangcheng as a "tool and a pawn of American politicians".
2012-05-4

At least nine people are killed and 24 injured after a bus crashes in China's Yunnan province.
2012-02-18

The population of the village of Wukan in southern China revolt over the death of a local man who led protests against a land grab; local officials and police flee.
2011-12-14

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the region of Darfur, unexpectedly delays his visit to China without official explanation, after he had already departed for an anti-terrorism conference hosted by Iran.
2011-06-27

China receives the leader of the opposition National Transitional Council of Libya.
2011-06-22

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon calls for the "violence and intimidation" to "stop", saying that events have taken "a deeply troubling turn" and branding restrictions on the media as "utterly unacceptable".
2011-02-4

A Chinese court accepts its first case relating to a man claiming job discrimination on the grounds he had HIV.
2010-08-31

China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel.
2010-07-1

Google says it may end its operations in China as it is no longer willing to continue censoring its search results.
2010-01-12