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In China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection places under investigation Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo, who is also serving as acting Communist Party Secretary.
2016-09-11

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

Teargas is fired and protesters arrested in Haimen, southern China, in a demonstration against the construction of a power plant.
2011-12-22

Rioting at a police station in Hotan in the Xinjiang region of western China kills at least four people.
2011-07-18

Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China meet.
2011-06-29

The Chinese state-run "Global Times" newspaper dismisses international criticism over the arrest of artist Ai Weiwei.
2011-04-6

Online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" and protest continue in China, as several people are detained.
2011-02-23

Over 60,000 people are evacuated in China's Yunnan Province following an earthquake.
2011-02-2

Japan says China has shipped drilling equipment to a disputed gas field amid a diplomatic row over the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat captain near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2010-09-17

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