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President Pedro Castillo imposes a curfew in Lima amid protests against inflation caused by rising fuel and fertiliser costs.
2022-04-5

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that the value-added tax (VAT) will be lowered from 8% to 1% on dairy products, fruit, vegetables, and other basic foods. The VAT reduction, aimed at countering soaring inflation, will go into effect on Monday.
2022-02-12

The President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou visits Taiping Island, Taiwan's largest island in the South China Sea, despite the United States warning it could provoke diplomatic tensions with the People's Republic of China and other nations in the area.
2016-01-28

Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
2012-03-1

Year-over-year GDP growth in the People's Republic of China slows to 9.1% for the third quarter of 2011, following government efforts to curb inflation.
2011-10-18

Inflation in China rises to its highest level in three years.
2011-07-9

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

China raises its bank reserves requirements as an anti-inflation move, an increase of 50 basis points (half of a percent) effective April 21.
2011-04-17

Taiwan arrests Major General Lo Hsieh-che, head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, for allegedly leaking secrets to the People's Republic of China.
2011-02-8

The Chinese military and several schools deny involvement in cyber attacks on Google, following a "New York Times" report cited investigators linking Lanxiang Vocational School and Shanghai Jiaotong University to the attacks.
2010-02-20