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The global version of video game digital distribution service Steam is reportedly blocked in China. The China-only version of the service, launched in February of this year, remains accessible.
2021-12-25

Eighteen firefighters and their guide are killed by a forest fire in Liangshan, Sichuan, China.
2020-03-31

The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong says that China denied a request for a port call to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp. China says that it handles approvals "case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty".
2018-09-25

Prominent Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo dies.
2017-07-13

China's state owned ChemChina offers to buy Swiss pesticide and seed manufacturer Syngenta for $43 billion.
2016-02-3

A three-day summit is held in Tokyo between the leaders of Japan and ASEAN that will likely discuss the recent encroachment of China.
2013-12-13

Xi Jinping heads to Russia on the first stop of his maiden overseas tour as President of China.
2013-03-22

A man rams his car into a group of schoolchildren in Hebei, China, with at least 13 casualties reported.
2012-12-25

China appoints Sun Zhengcai as new chief for the city of Chongqing, once led by disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
2012-11-20

The Australian authorities say a Chinese bulk carrier which ran aground off Queensland has caused widespread damage to the famed Great Barrier Reef. The cleanup is likely to be the biggest operation ever undertaken there.
2010-04-13