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China's National Space Administration says it is working on a program to land a rover on Mars by 2020.
2016-04-22

Xi Jinping is chosen as the General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party and the next leader of the People's Republic of China.
2012-11-15

A rebellion by villagers in Wukan, southern China, ends after authorities say they will release three protesters detained and agree to other demands.
2011-12-21

Philippines officials claim that the People's Republic of China has executed a Filipino man for drug trafficking despite a plea for clemency from the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III on humanitarian grounds.
2011-12-8

At least twelve people are killed in a severe storm in China's Guangdong Province.
2011-04-17

Computer security company McAfee says hackers based in the People's Republic of China have targeted computer networks of global oil companies and individuals in Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Greece, and the United States, to steal information starting in 2009.
2011-02-11

Chinese President Hu Jintao begins a four-day state visit to the United States.
2011-01-18

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

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

Hundreds of people attempt to control a large diesel leak into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the Wei River, in Shaanxi, China.
2010-01-3