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China's Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in Guizhou province becomes the world's largest single-dish telescope.
2016-09-24

Authorities in the People's Republic of China say that Wang Baoan is under suspicion for "serious violation of discipline" (a phrase usually associated with corruption charges) as the head of that country's powerful National Bureau of Statistics.
2016-01-26

Vietnamese police shut down an anti-China rally in Hanoi over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
2011-08-21

Chinese truck drivers stage a second day of protests in Shanghai at rising inflation.
2011-04-21

The People's Republic of China gets rid of the death penalty for 13 non-violent economic crimes.
2011-02-25

Chinese police arrests a suspect for poisoning frozen dumplings for revenge. Those dumplings were exported to Japan and sickened 10 people in 2008.
2010-03-26

Go Daddy, the largest domain name registration company in the world, announces it will cease registering websites in China after the Chinese government required customers to provide photographs and other identifying information before registering.
2010-03-24

Seven Chinese fisherman kidnapped off Cameroon's disputed Bakassi peninsula are released.
2010-03-17

The Chinese government denies state involvement in the cyber attacks on Google, while the state-run "China Daily" newspaper accuses the United States of hypocrisy.
2010-01-24