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One person is killed and eight others injured when a train derails in Guizhou, China.
2022-06-4

Thirteen people are killed and 45 others are injured when a long-distance bus rolls over on the G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway in Gansu, China. This is the second major disaster in the province this year after the Gansu ultramarathon disaster.
2021-07-26

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

The U.S. Navy plans to send guided missile destroyer USS Lassen within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea. This first freedom of navigation challenge to China's territorial claims in one of the world's busiest sea lanes may occur as soon as tomorrow, according to a U.S. defense official.
2015-10-26

McDonald's restaurants stop selling Chicken McNuggets and some other chicken products in Hong Kong, China and Japan from Shanghai Husi Foods that allegedly sold out-of-date items to fast food restaurants.
2014-07-25

The People's Republic of China arrests 139 people in Xinjiang for allegedly calling for jihad.
2013-10-9

Six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are reported near the disputed Senkaku Islands by the Japanese Coast Guard. China says "two surveillance ship fleets" are in the waters "around" the islands for "patrols and law enforcement".
2012-09-14

The Japanese government announces it will soon buy the disputed Senkaku Islands claimed by China (as Diaoyu Islands) and Taiwan (as Tiaoyutai Islands). Chinese leaders respond angrily.
2012-09-10

China expresses concern at North Korea's intention to launch a satellite next month to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth.
2012-03-17

Fire destroys a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China, killing at least 42 people, injuring more than 90 and forcing some residents to jump from windows to escape.
2010-11-15